Ok, here is the head scratcher of the week!!
Kristopher Cadieux, his brother Clayton and sister Kirstina (shown in the photo above) run a small worm selling business from the front of the Cornwall home where they live.
One of the oldest and most noble trades a young person can engage in, if you ask me. I sold worms as a boy, my friends back home did it, heck, even Mrs. Outdoors Guy and her sister sold worms to make money when they were kids!
Developing and fostering a solid work ethic is extremely important for today’s youth. Would our Citys rather have their youth lounging around in the Parks smoking pot and drinking beer?
According to their parents, the Cadieux kids make perhaps $600 per summer selling worms, and the money is split between them.
Cornwall, the province’s new CITY THAT FUN FORGOT evidently took offence to the Cadieux’ wiggly business and served the family with a bylaw infraction, for a sign posted outside their house advertising the worms for sale.
Cornwall Bylaw instructed the family (based on a complaint from someone in the community) to take down the sign and stop selling worms outside their home.
According to the family, another worm seller in Cornwall was also targeted and forced to shut down. In a recent development, Cornwall bylaw has decided to allow the worm sales to continue so long as signage is removed.
“Now we need to bring the customers in our house, which is not really that safe … and we are not allowed the signs,” said Mrs. Cadieux
The Cadieux family could appeal the byway and participate in a lengthy appeal process, but it is unclear whether they will explore this more cumbersome option.
The kid’s mother put it well in her comment that; “We just want it where kids are able to have a lemonade stand, sell worms, It’s kids, they should be allowed to be kids.”
The sad part is, I can see the exact same thing happening here in the Nation’s Capital!
Outdoorsguy