Re: Traveling to Canada from USA with Temporary plates

"Dave Smith" <adavidsmith@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Stephan in Burlington wrote:
>>
>>
>> Inteerstingly enough (or maybe not), on the way home from work today,
>> I saw a commercial van in Oakville with a temporary plate from
>> Illinois.
>
> There used to be reciprocal registration agreements between Ontario and
> most (not all) states.  If they are based or have a base in the state
> where
> they are plated they can come into Ontario to deliver a load or to pick
> one
> up as long as they weren't running point to point, which also be a customs
> and immigration violation. There was never reciprocal registration
> exemptions for the Canadian provinces. They had to get plates prorated for
> the provinces in which they were operating, which involved paying a fee to
> each of those provinces and it would appear on the registration cab card.
> Now there is an International Registration Program (IRP) which allows them
> one plate but prorated registration paid to numerous states and provinces.
>
>
>
>> Its not a problem, You are asking to be stopped or checked out. If your
>> cars blue you look like a drug trafficker. Have your documentation,
>> Passport, Ect. Everything will be fine.
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