Following a Toronto Star/IJB investigation, Ontario’s NDP is pushing for reform of a provincial program that takes drivers off the road based on their alleged health conditions — even in cases where the drivers don’t actually pose any danger.
says he will be introducing a private member’s bill that would amend the Highway Traffic Act to address what he sees as serious issues under the current regime.
But this system is prone to abuse, inaccuracies, and a lack of vetting by doctors and government officials, the Star/IJB investigation has found. Mantha and his team are looking to British Columbia’s legislation, which only requires health professionals to report patients who they believe have a dangerous medical condition but continue to drive “after being warned” not to.
In about a quarter of those successful appeals, MTO officials could not prove the drivers ever had any of the conditions that prompted their licence suspensions. The 63-year-old college instructor from Caesarea, Ont., a village about 35 minutes north of Oshawa, said the suspension was a “total shock.”
Comments collected by Ontario hospitals through patient surveys underscore the serious collateral damage that the current system can wreak.
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