A mother in Canada is asking the question: Are children being taken advantage of by large newspaper companies?

Angela DiPietro of Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario, Canada is concerned extra weight of delivering fliers and catalogues for no extra pay is wrong, as it adds to the weight of the newspapers and makes the delivery job harder.

DiPietro told SooNews.ca she occasionally helps her son with his newspaper route, and has noticed an increased load dumped on newspaper carriers of the Sault Star. The average weight of a Sault Star on Friday is between 1.3 pounds and 1.7 pounds (.58 kg and .77 kg), which adds up for a child who carriers about 35 papers.

Newspaper should pay carriers extra for anything more than the regular paper, she said.