Letter from the ministry of Transport

[Bonsai]

Hi Guys,
After all the fuss CADA and their greedy friends made trying to ban RHD recently, I wrote to the MTO, the Honorable Kathleen Wynne to ask exactly what their position was on the matter and if they had any desire to see us taken off the road. I actually got a response in the mail from Kathleen's office, stating that they had no plans to change Canada's 15 year law and that imports are safe.
Here is a scanned copy of the letter:http://picasaweb.google.com/leocraig...eat=directlink
SO, we win this round Mr. Hatch!
On a related note, Dale Leier and I are looking for a JDM driving Lawyer who might volunteer his services to draft a single form letter on behalf of JDM drivers in Canada, to send out to all organizations like CADA, Canadian Safety Council and the like to stop slandering us in the Media. If anybody knows a lawyer that drives a JDM or would side with us on this issue, please have them get in touch with me at craig@bonsairides.com
Thanks
Craig/Bonsai

[Shadao]

can you please venture over to www.cavi.ca and www.ivoac.ca and post this up there as well... this is what we need...

could you also contact some of the media outlets with this info as many of the papers are claiming that "CADA has called upon TC to change the laws" yet there is never any response from TC about it... with a response like this it would remove some of the " i wonder where TC stands oin the issue " thoughts

at ivoac one of the members has hired a lawyer in regards to some ofthe QC issue so he is already familiar with the issue at hand... so make sure you get over there and post up

[bellis_GTR]

This just helped out a bunch! Its good they actually replied. What does it mean by They are exempt from complying with Canadian motor vehicle standards and federal emission standards? Dont we still need to get e test and safety before registering the car?

[Matty]

We can confirm this as well. We spoke with the ministry and with someone within the senate hearings from when CADA went before them. The MOT has no desire to pursue CADA's requests.

Thanks for sharing.

[Shadao]

This just helped out a bunch! Its good they actually replied. What does it mean by They are exempt from complying with Canadian motor vehicle standards and federal emission standards? Dont we still need to get e test and safety before registering the car?

exempt from current standards means they dont have to comply with the current level of standards

for emissions they are exempt from federal testing

however since the provinces have there own parts of legislation they still must past a safety test which is ensuring the vehicle is in good working order, not that it meets our standards just that it is mechanically safe, for emissions again that is a provincial thing and only for certain areas... im in BC but i dont have to do the air care due to my location.

i hope that clears it up

[Snake556]

Thanks for posting, Craig! It was awesome seeing this today. Take that, CADA. Go whine somewhere else, cause the gov't. isn't listening

[bellis_GTR]

exempt from current standards means they dont have to comply with the current level of standards

for emissions they are exempt from federal testing

however since the provinces have there own parts of legislation they still must past a safety test which is ensuring the vehicle is in good working order, not that it meets our standards just that it is mechanically safe, for emissions again that is a provincial thing and only for certain areas... im in BC but i dont have to do the air care due to my location.

i hope that clears it up

Thanks Shadao! That cleared it up! I wonder why some provinces dont care about emissions and some are off the wall about it.

[spd-dmn]

That's cool that you got a reply.

Two things, though.

1) MTO cannot amend nor regulate a federal statute. The 15 year old import regulation is federal jurisdiction and it is in the hands of Transport Canada. Obviously the MTO can weigh in on the matter and, yes, the MTO could set independent prohibitions at the provincial level. It is pleasing to hear that they will not be doing that.


2) This is just a side note really, but it's pretty funny that the reply didn't mention the exception in sec 63 of the HTA. The reply actually made it seem like the RHD label is necessary and that electrical turn signals are necessary.

Both of which aren't true.

Still.... I'll take it.

Kudos MTO.

[Snake556]

the reply didn't mention the exception in sec 63 of the HTA. The reply actually made it seem like the RHD label is necessary and that electrical turn signals are necessary.

Well they don't wanna give us TOO much credit, right? :P

[Bonsai]

Hi all, this should be on CAVI and IVOAC now. Dale at CAVI is sending it out to other importers as well.