February 2019
Can the City of Vancouver Withhold Driver’s Licenses For Unpaid Fighting Bylaw Tickets?
NPA Councillor Melissa De Genova appears to have tabled a motion that suggests the City of Vancouver should try to withhold driver’s licenses from individuals who have not paid these fines. However, there is currently no statutory authority for this to be done. Her motion would have the City of Vancouver pressure the province to amend BC’s Motor Vehicle Act for the sole purpose of the City collecting more revenue.
It is unlikely this will happen.
Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume Forty

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Sign up for the TLABC Drug Recognition Testing Webinar.
New testing methods to evaluate impairment were introduced alongside the legalization of cannabis. The reality is we are going to see more and more drug-impaired driving cases both at criminal and civil trials. This online talk is aimed at providing both civil and criminal lawyers with a better understanding of these methods, including the Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) program.
Determining Constitutional Validity: Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t!
Welcome to Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t! This week, lawyer Kyla Lee discusses who gets to call a law unconstitutional.
Acumen Law Corporation lawyer Kyla Lee gives her take on a made-in-Canada court case each week and discusses why these cases should have been heard by Canada’s highest court: the Supreme Court of Canada. …
Kyla Lee on The Shift with Drex: Jody Wilson-Raybold and SNC Lavalin
Vancouver criminal and DUI lawyer Kyla Lee joins Drex on The Shift With Drex to talk about the reasons why Jody Wilson-Raybould may have been shuffled out of the role of Justice Minister, what this means for the SNC Lavalin affair, and what may be next on the horizon, politically, for JWR.
Kyla Lee on the Jill Bennett Show: SNC Lavalin and Jody Wilson-Raybould
Kyla Lee on Global News at 6: Darryl Plecas Report and the BCLeg Scandal
Driving Law with Kyla Lee: Episode 45
I’m also pleased to announce that the Driving Law podcast is now part of the Cannabis Media Collective!
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Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume Thirty Nine
Click the link below to read the three weirdest and wackiest legal cases of this week!