LETTER

Hydro Quebec & my library card

 

I don't own a car so I don't have a driver's license. I had to renew my library card earlier this summer. Even though I've lived in Aylmer and had a library card for over 40 years, even though I have a passport, a health card, and an STO bus pass, all with my picture, even though I have a book of cheques from the Caisse Populaire, with my name, address, and phone number, none of this is good enough for the Gatineau Library,  Aylmer branch.  But they will accept a hydro bill, so once again I can read.

I think the library is a wonderful place. I'd be lost without it, but perhaps getting a card could be made easier or perhaps the city could give out citizenship cards to those without a driver's license. In the meantime, I keep an old Hydro bill tucked away in my purse for identification purposes. Too bad I can't use it at the American border.

Joy Ruttan,
Gatineau (Aylmer)