Kris Austin is leader of the People's Alliance of New Brunswick. (Submitted)
Having to register your vehicle every year might soon be a thing of the past in New Brunswick.
The People’s Alliance has introduced a bill in the legislature calling for changes to the Motor Vehicle Act.
Leader Kris Austin described it as a common-sense bill for New Brunswickers.
“Over the years, governments have been putting their hands in people’s pockets frankly where it doesn’t belong,” said Austin.
“The fact that we have to register vehicles every year is just nonsense.”
Under the proposed bill, registrations would only need to be renewed if a vehicle is sold or transferred to a new owner.
Kris Austin, Leader of PANB, puts forward a Bill to amend the Motor Vehicle Act with regards to yearly registration and safety inspections. #nbpoli pic.twitter.com/gS8b9Le5nT
— People's Alliance (@PANB_AGNB) March 27, 2019
Austin also wants to change the need for vehicle inspections from yearly to every two years.
“It just doesn’t make sense to me that you have a brand new vehicle, even in the first year you have to take it and get inspected,” he said. “It just seems very nonsensical.”
New Brunswick is one of the only Canadian jurisdictions which still requires annual inspections, Austin said.
The motion comes a week after the Progressive Conservative government announced it will do away with the requirement for front licence plates on vehicles.
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