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The truth about demerit points: how they work, and how they are applied

Demerit points are added to your driver’s licence, if you are convicted of breaking certain driving laws. The rules are different depending on if you are a new driver or have a full licence. This information will explain how the demerit points system works.

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DriveWise Canada now approved as trainer in Toronto’s Vehicle for Hire program

DriveWise Canada has been selected as the second training company approved to deliver the City of Toronto’s Vehicle for Hire program.

“We are pretty excited to have been selected,” Lesley de Repentigny, DriveWise’s president told Taxi News on June 3rd. “It’s good news for us, but also for drivers and people in Toronto, to have trained drivers on the road.

“We worked with the City to revise our program and ensure it includes all the elements Toronto was looking for; now, we are officially approved and opened up enrollment for the first class, which will begin on June 21st.”

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Canada’s constitution “does not bend, kneel and kiss the feet of judicial legislators” Galati says

Constitutional lawyer Rocco Galati argued that forced COVID-19 vaccines are an important matter of public interest and must be considered by Canada’s courts. Galati was presenting by Zoom on Tuesday, May 31st in Vancouver’s Supreme Court room. “The Constitution does not bend, kneel and kiss the feet of judicial legislators,” said Galati, whose father was imprisoned by Mussolini’s Fascist government in Italy during World War II.

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Rocco Galati in BC court today to oppose “unscientific, oppressive, unlawful, criminal and unconstitutional” COVID actions

On Tuesday May 31, 2022 at 10:00am PDT, attorney Rocco Galati is set to address the defendant’s Motion to Strike via Zoom in its case against the British Columbia and Canadian governments.

Galati represents Action4Canada in its response to legislation enacted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Action4Canada maintains that the legislation undermines Canada’s Constitution, the Charter, and Canadian democratic values.

Government actions, Galati says, have been “unscientific, oppressive, unlawful, criminal and unconstitutional.”

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