Hope to make it an election issue
The Ontario Convenience Stores Association is calling on the province to make it mandatory drivers pay before they fill up at the pumps.
This comes as the price of gas skyrockets creating a spike in gas and dash incidents.
The OCSA is predicting losses to its members totaling more than $3 million this year from drivers who fill up and leave without paying.
The Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police telling CTV News, they agree with mandating prepayment of gasoline because it can prevent injuries to employees, the public and stop theft for retail owners.
Both groups are advocating for Bill 231 “The Protecting Ontarians by Enhancing Gas Station Safety to Prevent Gas and Dash Act,” which was introduced as legislation at Queen’s Park, but failed to pass before the legislature was dissolved yesterday be passed into law
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