A 2006 investigative report by the Toronto Star recently cited by 680News in Toronto says that courier companies are Toronto`s biggest parking violators. The report said that out of the 2.8 million tickets issued each year in the city, more than 34,000 thousand - worth about $1.5 million - are put under courier windshields.

The Toronto Star reported drivers received 130 tickets a day, which worked out to be one ticket every four minutes during business hours. One UPS worker told the Star that with the amount couriers pay in tickets, the city should be able to recover from its debt. A FedEx driver said the company would lose money if they had to wait to find parking.

According to 680News, in 2002, Toronto adopted a "zero tolerance" parking policy between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on main arteries, designed to ease congestion and disuade drivers from parking downtown.