Tierney said staff should look into Toronto’s model. The city of Edmonton requires employees to pay their own tickets and the city of Toronto pays up front but recovers costs from employees later. The CTF said the policy creates a double standard between city employees and other residents.
While the bulk of the tickets were for emergency vehicles, which are exempt under the Highway Traffic Act, at least 159 other vehicles were ticketed, accruing approximately $37,000 in fines, according to documents.Ĭity solicitor David White told CTV News Ottawa in a statement that the city, as owner of the vehicles, is liable for fines, not the employees driving the cars, though they are subject to other disciplinary measures. “If other municipalities are able to do it, why are we not able to do it?” Tierney asked.ĬTV News Ottawa confirmed last week that 989 city-owned vehicles were issued traffic tickets between January 2019 and August 2021, following an access to information request released by the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation (CTF). Tim Tierney told Newstalk 580 CFRA’s Ottawa Now with Kristy Cameron that he wants city staff to look into the policy, and see why other cities' policies differ. The chair of the city of Ottawa’s transportation committee says he wants to find out why city employees who are caught on red light or photo radar cameras don’t have to pay their traffic tickets.Ĭoun.
