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McGuinty backs down on teen passenger restriction
Tuesday, 9 December 2008 - 1:41pm
About 150,000 people joined an online protest against the passenger restrictions in just two weeks while members of the legislature were inundated with complaints.
McGuinty said he couldn’t get away from people telling him the changes were a mistake, whether it was at the grocery store or going for walks.
The premier joked that he knew his government had gone too far with the teen passenger restrictions when his own kids—all in their 20s—started picketing his house.
The opposition parties say another provision of the same legislation, which imposes a zero blood-alcohol limit for all Ontario drivers aged 21 and under, is discriminatory.
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO—Premier Dalton McGuinty admits he “stepped in it” when his government tried to restrict teen drivers in Ontario to just one teenage passenger.
The province backed down yesterday and withdrew its plan to limit teenage drivers with a G2 graduated licence to just one other teen in a vehicle.
McGuinty said he couldn’t get away from people telling him the changes were a mistake, whether it was at the grocery store or going for walks.
The premier joked that he knew his government had gone too far with the teen passenger restrictions when his own kids—all in their 20s—started picketing his house.
The opposition parties say another provision of the same legislation, which imposes a zero blood-alcohol limit for all Ontario drivers aged 21 and under, is discriminatory.