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Ignorance of the law is not an excuse

Normally, municipal regulations reserve a certain number of parking spaces for disabled people. One must acknowledge that you can be an owner without always being in charge in your own home, or in charge of your own home without being an owner.

More and more, in private establishment parking lots, spaces reserved for disabled people are appearing.

So, two customers go to a Canadian Tire store to have their car serviced. The parking lot near the garage doors being crowded, the store manager insists that the customers park their car in the spaces reserved for disabled people, even if they don't have the required permits.

Upon their return, the customers are surprised to find that they have been issued a parking ticket.

Addressing the Court, the customers argue that the mistake was caused by a person in authority. They claim that the store manager had the power to allow them to disregard the signs.

The judge confirms that if a person does their best to comply with the law, but is misled by a law enforcement officer, they do not violate the maxim "ignorance of the law is no excuse." However, in these circumstances, the store manager cannot certainly be considered a person responsible for law enforcement as he is neither a police officer nor a traffic warden.

Normally, municipal regulations reserve a certain number of parking spaces for disabled people. It is clear that you can be an owner without always being in charge or be in charge without being the owner.

*C.M. Iberville 02-0000268351

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