Thank you, Madam Speaker.
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And I would like to thank my colleagues, too. Bill 9, An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicles Act, is filled with buzz words and phrases, as most legislation we adopt is. Buzz words such as maybe, may, may sell, may buy, consider, shall not and shall provide. Madam Speaker, to my way of thinking, a lot of these buzz words and phrases imply there is room for compromise for those interpreting the legislation.
However, Madam Speaker, clause 24 of Bill 9 now reads, "No person shall operate or park a motor vehicle on a highway unless license plates attached to the motor vehicle are free of dirt and obstructions." Madam Speaker, I really wonder what difference it would make if you cannot read a license plate of a vehicle parked on the side of a highway.
Madam Speaker, I drive over 80,000 kilometres a year. I have been 40 miles out of Yellowknife in a rain storm or behind a watering truck where there would be no way that my rear plate was clear. My problem with the wording of this clause is that there is no room for leeway on the part of the law enforcers. The way the clause reads now, they have no choice but to ticket offenders, regardless of the fact it is pouring cats and dogs outside.
Madam Speaker, I am thinking of going into business selling a revolutionary new product...
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...to deal with the problem of mud on the highways. I'm going to market the LPCA kit, the license plate cleaning agent kit.
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I also have, for those people lucky enough to live in a community where there are paved streets, an Arctic turtle wax...
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...that fits in the glove compartment to keep their licence plates nice and shiny.
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Thank you, Madam Speaker.
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