Can’t Jail For Illegal Parking

Municipalities have no right to jail drivers for illegal parking, a Northwest Territories court has ruled. A judge cited the City of Yellowknife for a bylaw that threatened scofflaws with $2,000 fines and six months in jail: “Jail for parking, are you kidding me?”

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