Bringing back the clothesline

They’re hoping the province won’t hang them out to dry.

A week after Premier Dalton McGuinty said he’d consider the issue, local environmentalists are eagerly awaiting a decision about whether Ontarians, no matter where they live, will be permitted to fly clotheslines in their backyards and hang their pants, shirts, towels and unmentionables outside.


Peter Love, Ontario’s chief conservation officer, recommended last week that the province designate these solar linear drying devices as energy-efficient, which would allow everyone to use them