All posts by Grace Joubarne

Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) Playing Favorites: they have abandoned abused senior drivers

It’s time we questioned the true priorities of the CCLA, since they seem to exhibit major selective bias when it comes to who they will support.  Certainly they appear not interested in supporting the civil liberties of senior drivers…the very ones whose sacrifice made it possible for them to be free to exist in the first place.

On July 29, 2014,  the undersigned wrote to the CCLA about their apparent hypocrisy since my letter to them about the severe loss of civil liberties of senior drivers as a result of the unjustified scheming between the MTO and a business couple went entirely without a response. Continue reading Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) Playing Favorites: they have abandoned abused senior drivers

Ontario Minister of Transportation: Can’t support the tests, but uses them to abuse senior drivers!

The MTO provided funding to Traffic Injury Research Foundation, of 171 Nepean St., Suite 200, Ottawa , Ontario, to do a Meta-Analysis of Cognitive Screening Tools For Drivers 80 years old , or older.  But because the MTO can’t stand by the results, it posted a disclaimer, although it continues to force seniors into humiliating, unreliable testing at significant cost to the senior.     Continue reading Ontario Minister of Transportation: Can’t support the tests, but uses them to abuse senior drivers!

Sun News Misinformation Spreads Falsehoods About Senior Drivers!

The Ontario Ministry of Transportation introduced discriminatory restrictions and special testing for senior drivers in Ontario, under the false pretense that older drivers constitute a significantly higher risk in traffic.  The Ministry is well aware this claim is a total fabrication that serves to justify a simultaneous tax grab and the inappropriate favoritism of a business at the horrific expense of senior drivers and their families.   Continue reading Sun News Misinformation Spreads Falsehoods About Senior Drivers!