when i lived in Barrie, the Towers Gas Bar and the Towers store gave out coupons very similar to the CT money. the Mcdonald's next door would honour these like cash at par. it was great because I was an employee at Towers and people from Toronto would decline thier coupons when they got gas. So at the en dofthe day, I could go to McD's and feast like crazy!
The Canadian Tire was further down the road, I bought a pair of snowshoes with CTmoney.