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We talked to a the RIV this morning, concerning the status of the revised RIV listing as a result of the changes to the new bumper regulations. 

The new listing should be out by the end of the week.  Seems that the folks at Transport Canada really want to do a thorough venting.  It appears that we can even expect to see new manufacturers added as well. 

We have been told that all vehicles in the backlog, that were held up due to the bumper issue, are being released. 

Thank-you RIV!

Note: for those of you that did not catch the press release, we are assuming that the media deemed it insignificant (Canwest asleep at the switch!?)  you can read it by clicking here.  

Finally, The ammendments to section 215 of Schedule IV of the Motor Safety Regulation concerning  Bumpers have been passed into law!

• This has the effect of aligning the test speeds of the Canadian bumper safety standard with those of Europe and the United States and provides manufacturers the option of meeting the European safety requirements or the safety and no damage provisions of the United States. As a result of this amendment, there is one consistent set of globally regulated test speeds for the design of bumpers,

http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partII/2008/20080625/html/sor199-e.html

Thanks to all that have participated and hounded the powers to be to move quickly on this issue.  

We have been told today that Transport Canada is working on a new list that should be available within the next couple of days.   It look like 30 cars are now admissible…

http://en.autos.sympatico.msn.ca/guides_and_advice/article.aspx?cp-documentid=8147821

Ok Mario, now that the American Bumpers are ok, we wonder if/ what  GM is going to do to prevent you from plating your car!

So we called the RIV and Transport Canada today looking for some help….

 We managed to post our conversation…..

Enjoy the weekend!

U.S. Manufacturer gets Electric Truck approved for  import to Canada in one month, while a Canadian Company has waited 5 years !   and still waits, while the U.S. Truck is being driven in the streets of B.C.

Mr. Cannon please wake up!  We need to simplify things for Canadians, not make it harder!

We guess that sometime yesterday afternoon, as we were watching Tiger Woods doing his thing the folks at the RIV posted another updated VAFAS list, dated last Friday the 13th.

Differences we could detect are:  in Section 4 Limos.

diff2008-06-04and2008-06-13.pdf