Bringing Tim Hortons to the Pontiac
2 Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 10:35 AM • Pontiac

Yesterday at the post office there was a petition to bring a Tim Hortons to the Pontiac. Yes, it’s hard to believe, but there’s a corner of Canada that doesn’t have one. We’re it. Hi there.

Here’s the thing: if there was a business case to be made for a Tim Hortons in the Pontiac — be it in Shawville, in Fort Coulonge or wherever — we’d probably have one already. Tim Hortons is not a public utility: they’re not going to come here if they can’t make money here. Maybe they can, but a petition won’t convince them. The problem is that we’re not on the highway to somewhere else: all traffic along Route 148 is local traffic. And I don’t think there are enough of us. All a Tims would do would put a lot of local restaurants out of business before closing its own doors.

Some people have a serious and specific addiction to Tim Hortons coffee. That’s what’s behind this. You people need to find better stuff.

(Ironically, the Tim Horton Children’s Foundation has a children’s camp in Quyon.)

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Toad, July 23 at 6:50 PM:

You are right about some local businesses being against a Tim Hortons. Local competition is a healthy thing though. A Tim Horton’s here…Fort-Coulonge, or in Shawville, could be a good beginning for other franchises. This has been floating around for a long time, and i think it’s a good opportunity for the area. I personally know of some people who drive to Pembroke to pick up 15 or 20 cups and keep it in their fridge and re-heat it! While I claim no addiction to the stuff, it is good, and any new business in the area will create some jobs. It would keep people spending locally at least. What we really need, is a major tourist attraction to make us a destination point, and not just a place to be passing through! Until that Dinosaur thing they call the MRC Pontiac is cleaned of deadwood and god knows how many adminstration jobs, everything here will just keep going in circles,until such point that we eventually get amalgamated to MRC Gatineau! Believe me it will happen!

Jonathan Crowe, July 23 at 7:06 PM:

What we really need, is a major tourist attraction to make us a destination point, and not just a place to be passing through!

My point was that we’re not even a place to be passing through: there is no through traffic on Route 148.

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