Apr 25 2008
Matthew Coons at Transport Canada was kind enough to return our call regarding the “eventual?” implementation of the new amendment to regulation 215. - As we reported last month the consultation period was closed off on April 22nd.
Apr 11 2008
”This proposed amendment would offer more choice to Canadians who wish to import vehicles,” said Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. “At the same time, it would help to maintain the safety of Canadian roads.”
Cannon is quoted in the Globe and Mail April 10th. We are all glad to hear this, but why wait till the end of spring. Pass the law on April 22nd, please.
We wonder if our constant e-mails and petitions had anything to do with this.
2008-04-06letterand-petition.pdf
Now let’s change the “self-certification” rule!
Even more surprising is David Adams, “”The fewer the barriers you have in cross-border movement of vehicles, the greater the pressure will be to ensure that product offerings in Canada are competitive,” said David Adams, president of AIAMC, the trade group that represents most non-North American-based auto makers in Canada.”
This guy represents Honda, Toyota,BMW etc… wonder what he has to say about preventing US dealers from selling to Canadians!
Apr 02 2008
The proposed amending regulations for Bumpers has been issued by Transportation Canada (Part I ) and now enters into the next phase of acceptance - All interested parities have 30 days to make presentations in writing.
In summary the chap responsible, Matthew Coons, Senior Regulatory Development Engineer, has written an excellent analysis statement based on input from the car manufacturers, the insurance industry and the CarsWithoutBorders submission provided last December. (many of our members contributed - refer to posts dated Dec. 25th and 28th)
Here are two important extracts :
Continue reading “Transportation Canada issues proposal to amend Bumper Regulation!”
Dec 28 2007
Thank-you for all your input and support. The letter referenced in the post of December 25th has been sent. All your signatures were included. Some of you only wanted the Government to have your Name and email address, so we have withheld posting the version that was sent. Well over one thousand four hundred members and supporters were on our submission!
On other news we will be adding a forum onto the site shortly - stay tuned!
As well please keep encouraging Canadians to sign our petition and join our team !
How many people do you know that think Car prices in Canada are just not Fair!
Get them hooked to www.Carswithoutborders.com
Dec 25 2007
Please find our reply to the request from Transportation Canada to participate in the Consultation.
cwb-comment-on-canadian-bumper-regulations.pdf
Over the next couple of days add your comments or name to the end of the letter, we will be sending it out On December 28th at 3:00 P.M.
One final thought and maybe we should add it to our letter:
The cost of a Tire Pressure Monitoring system for my snow tires and wheels is around $250.00. The U.S. Mandated the use of these systems in all new cars as of September 1st, 2007.
Three issues:
