Ontario drivers won’t need to renew their licence plates anymore, Ford announces

Premier Doug Ford says drivers in Ontario will quickly be capable to skip the annual registration of their licence plates because the province works to make this course of computerized.

Ford made the announcement at a information convention in Toronto on Tuesday morning.

“We’re eliminating that absolutely. Registering your car, we did step one, eliminating the stickers. Now we’re eliminating the re-registration,” the premier mentioned in response to a query a couple of surge in expired plates on Ontario roads.

“It is going to be routinely re-registered so individuals gained’t have to fret about that in any respect.”

Ford’s announcement comes following a report within the Toronto Star that discovered there are at the moment a couple of million expired licence plates in Ontario as an increasing number of motorists neglect to resume now that the method is free.

The Ford authorities beforehand eradicated all charges related to the annual registration of licence plates in 2022.

As of March 13, 2022, drivers of passenger automobiles, bikes, mopeds and lightweight business automobiles had been not required to pay to resume their licence plates or put a sticker on them. The price to resume licence stickers for the 12 months was beforehand $60 in northern Ontario and $120 in southern Ontario.

In December, Ontario Provincial Police confirmed to CTV Toronto that there have been a whole lot of 1000’s of drivers throughout the province with unregistered licence plates following the transfer by the province. Drivers are at the moment required to resume their plates on their birthday every year.

When requested when renewals will formally be scrapped, Ford couldn’t present specifics however famous that it’s going to occur “extraordinarily quickly.”

“It is going to be legislated once we get again,” he mentioned. 

The premier’s workplace confirmed to CP24.com that the licence plate renewal adjustments shall be half of a bigger invoice that features a requirement {that a} future provincial carbon pricing plan be put to a referendum.