City of Toronto has a stack
of outstanding tickets dating back as far as 1990 and doing everything
it can to collect their money. But instead they are collecting a
lot of angry drivers.
Kevin Conway of Toronto received a notice from Canadian Bonded
Credits Ltd. stating he owed $510 for unpaid tickets dating back
to 1990. Hope Brake found herself in a similar situation when she
discovered she owed money for tickets from 1991.
All this started in 2001 when the city hired collection agencies
to collect any fines larger than $5000, after they were done with
this project money hungry politicians decided to go ahead and keep
collecting regardless of the amount of money owed. Yes, this means
that if you have an outstanding fine from 15 years ago you're not
"over the bridge" yet.
There is no bylaw at the moment which would "expire"
these unpaid tickets. Councillor Rob Ford also said that these people
who have outstanding tickets they should pay regardless of when
the tickets were issued.
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