MV Restrictions in BC and Saskatchewan

[rob love]

Most of us remember the saga from a year or two back when Quebec tried to restrict and weed out the more recent military vehicles (say about 1980ish and newer) from the roadways. I was sent information the other day showing the same thing has basically happened for British Columbia as well as Saskatchewan. Rather than making it a specific bill, they are restricting them at the inspection level to prevent them from getting onto the roadways in the first place.

Here is a link to the BC bulletin to vehicle inspectors: https://cvse.ca/vehicle_inspections/...Wq3Qm1ONvrlSjg


Below I am attaching photos of the Saskatchewan bulletin. I don't think these are so much an organized attempt at a larger scale to rid the roads of these vehicles, but rather an answer for the inspectors who are asking "what do we do" when presented with vehicles to inspect that are not the norm. A quick internet search by the bureaucrats will show the various restrictions that have been applied in other jurisdictions, and they get copied and pasted to make restrictions in their jurisdiction.



For those with older wartime and 50s vehicles, you are not affected for now, but these things have a way of creeping backwards. I bought an M38A1CDN3 about a decade back and once the provincial inspectors got involved things got messy. I almost had a $6000 lawn ornament. Note that in the case of the Saskatchewan bulletin, it mentions the restriction can go back to vehicles built after 1971 and before 1986 at the discretion of the administrator.

[Robert Bergeron]

Rob , i am late in the game but from what i read in your post , the LSVW is not registrable in Saskatchewan nor BC . It does not have the Canadian or US highway certification. Unless you consider it as a commercial vehicle? How about the G Wagon ? The MLVW ? What a mess . What’s happening in BC , any update ? In Québec the issue is resolved by providing a letter from an approved engeneer that states that the vehicle is safe for road use. Added cost but doable.

[rob love]

Do they not have the little maple leaf in a circle decal on the door piller? I thought I saw them there, but in all honesty, as a mechanic, we fixed them a lot more than admired them. If that decal is there, then they are certified. If not, then they will be difficult to register in those provinces I suspect. Of course, your mileage may vary.



Back when the 5/4 tons were sold off, I remember hearing about someone having difficulty, even back then, to register one because the decal was not on the door-piller. After 16 years of paint jobs and rebuilds, the decals on most were long gone.

[Robin Craig]

For sure things are changing.

We sold a Bedford MJ from Ontario to a lad who lived in another western province and he found it unregisterable once he got home.

So sad to see such restrictions for such subjective reasonings.

[chris vickery]

Just another slam towards our freedom in Canada.

[rob love]

This province has (or had|) a set of standards for imported or specialty vehicles. But that may well be gone as I can no longer find them. I am of the thought that the government would just as soon everyone was driving boring vehicles that are less than 7 years old with airbags, ABS brakes, and perhaps in any colour you want, as long as it's white.



I am fortunate in that the provincial inspectors in this neck of the woods are car guys. They help organize the cruise nights, and get around and talk to the collectors. It has not hurt when registering something unique, however they too have their masters, who may not be car guys but rather bureaucrats.