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After accessibility complaint goes viral, Quebec city hall promises to address free parking for people with disabilities

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Charlie Rousseau, an influencer born with limb differences, received a $40 parking ticket in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, after being unable to use old-style coin-slot parking meters. Her TikTok video demonstrating the access barrier went viral with over 730,000 views, prompting Mayor Gilles Chapadeau to reach out and promise city council action to provide free parking for accessibility permit holders, reversing a 2013 rejection of the same proposal.

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Final decisions rest with city council; the commitment is a mayoral pledge, not yet adopted policy.

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