Hurricane Season Travel Tips
The hurricane season lasts from early June to late November, affecting the North Atlantic and northeast Pacific oceans, where tropical depressions and storms may...
Apprenticeship Training Tax Credit
The Apprenticeship Training Tax Credit (ATTC) is a refundable tax credit for corporations and unincorporated businesses employing apprentices in certain skilled trades during the...
Requirements for Canadians with offshore property and income
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of National Revenue and Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, today announced the launch of a strengthened Foreign...
Employment Insurance Benefits
Employment Insurance (EI) provides temporary financial assistance to unemployed Canadians who have lost their job through no fault of their own, while they look...
Controlled Drugs and Substances Act
The Harper Government has introduced the Respect for Communities Act that would create a distinct legislative regime for exemptions under the Controlled Drugs and...
Penalties for Consumer Product Safety Act Violations
The Administrative Monetary Penalties (Consumer Products) Regulations are a key component of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA). They provide a flexible and...
Fines to Strengthen the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act
The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announced the Harper Government has introduced new fines of up to $25,000 per day for companies who...
Celebrate Aboriginal Culture
Experience Ontario Aboriginal Tourism Destinations. Ontario offers dozens of tourism destinations for families to immerse themselves in Aboriginal culture, customs and traditions.
There are locations...
Ontario Municipal Bylaws
By-law can refer to a law of local or limited application passed under the authority of a higher law specifying what things may be...
Toronto Municipal Bylaws
The main resource for Toronto Municipal bylaws is: http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/bylaws/lawhome.htm
The Toronto Municipal Code is a compilation of by-laws organized by subject. Each chapter is a...
Traffic Tickets
Traffic in English is taken from the Arabic word taraffaqa, which means to walk along slowly together. Traffic on a public way may consist...
Operating an ATV in Ontario
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation has developed an excellent guide for those who own or consider buying an all terrain vehicle.
The All-Terrain Vehicle, or...
Traffic Tickets: The most common traffic violations
A traffic violation is any violation of the law committed by the driver of a vehicle while it is in motion. The term "motion"...
Seatbelt – Child Safety
The motor vehicle driver is responsible for ensuring that all children under 16 years of age are properly secured in a motor vehicle. To...
Seat belts save lives
You have to pay a fine for not wearing a seat belt – if you are lucky; and your life – if you are...
Sleep-Deprived Driving
Sleep-deprived driving is the operation of a motor vehicle while being cognitively impaired by a lack of sleep. Sleep deprivation is a major cause...
Are daytime running lights mandatory on all vehicles?
Yes, they are. Canada's Motor Vehicle Safety Act (MVSA) and its Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations (MVSRs) require that all new vehicles sold in (or...
Safety Driving Starts with You
Occasionally, motorists have found themselves in unpleasant situations involving abusive gestures or language from another driver who takes issue with how they drive. Anxiety...
Accessible Parking Permit in Ontario
The name "Accessible Parking Permit" was adopted to focus on the functionality and benefits of the permit to the holder. Holders of a valid...
Drinking and Driving – Sentencing
A person convicted for any drinking and driving offence (which includes a refuse to comply offence) faces an automatic Canada-wide driving prohibition, and either...
Drinking & Driving – Cases of high blood alcohol levels
In November 2007, a driver was found passed out in her car in Oregon in the United States. A blood test showed her blood...
Drinking & Driving – Breath analyzer myths
There are a number of substances or techniques that can supposedly "fool" a breath analyzer (i.e., generate a lower blood alcohol content - BAC).
A...
Drinking & Driving – Breathalyzer
A breathalyzer (or breathalyser) is a device for estimating blood alcohol content (BAC) from a breath sample. Breathalyzer is the brand name of a...
Driving under the Influence in Ontario
Driving under the influence is the act of driving a motor vehicle with blood levels of alcohol in excess of a legal limit. Similar...
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