No good deed should go unpunished. To that end I ask you to note that the Toronto Star's Susan Delacourt first wrote about the problematic nature of giant novelty cheques in July. At the time, Gerard Kennedy made a shrewd observation that is repeated here for the benefit of those who now find themselves in possession of a giant novelty cheque signed by a government MP.
"The one thing I did learn when I worked for the food bank is you can actually cash those things. It's a legal document. I think we're going to try to get hold of those people and tell them they actually got double grants there. They got one from the government and one from Peter Van Loan, who's apparently so riven with guilt over the time it took to get to them that he wants to make it up to them."
Hard to fit in the ATM for certain but cash is cash.
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