{"id":14925,"date":"2018-08-21T22:47:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T02:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=14925"},"modified":"2018-08-21T22:47:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T02:47:40","slug":"ontario-freezes-driver-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/21\/ontario-freezes-driver-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Freezes Driver Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Premier Doug Ford and Minister of Transportation John Yakabuski announced that Ontario is freezing a number of driver fees that were set to increase on September 1, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are fed up with paying more and more every time they need to renew their licence or take a driving test,\u201d said Premier Ford. \u201cThis will make life more affordable for drivers right across the province. This is the latest example of our government putting money back where it belongs \u2014 in the pockets of hard-working Ontarians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The following fees are being frozen to directly benefit Ontario drivers and businesses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Road and knowledge tests for all driver\u2019s licence classes.<\/li>\n<li>Fees to get and renew driver\u2019s licences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"height: 523px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"583\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong>\u00a0Product \/ Service<\/strong><\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\"><strong>Scheduled to\u00a0 increase to<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Fee will remain at<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">New driver\u2019s licence \/ 5-year driver\u2019s licence<\/p>\n<p>renewal<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">$97<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">$90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">Knowledge test for G1, M1, driving instructor<\/p>\n<p>and air brake (Z endorsement) licences<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">$16.25<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">$15.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">Knowledge test for A, B, C, D, E<\/p>\n<p>and F licences<\/td>\n<td>$24<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">$23.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">G1 and M1 exit road test<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">$54.25<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">$52.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">G2, M2 and driving instructor<\/p>\n<p>exit road test<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">$92.50<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">$89.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">A, B, C, D, E and F road test<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">$100.25<\/td>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">$96.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>This decision is part of the Ford government\u2019s commitment to putting people first.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE &#8211;\u00a0Office of the Premier<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Premier Doug Ford and Minister of Transportation John Yakabuski announced that Ontario is freezing a number of driver fees that were set to increase on September 1, 2018. \u201cPeople are fed up with paying more and more every time they need to renew their licence or take a driving test,\u201d said Premier Ford. \u201cThis &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[1649],"class_list":["post-14925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-provincial","tag-drivers-fees"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-11 13:31:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14926,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14925\/revisions\/14926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}