Does the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles have an obligation to consider the economic impact of the loss of a driver's privilege?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Sidhu v British Columbia (Superintendent of Motor Vehicles), 2017 BCSC 2160 (CanLII):

This Court has found that it is not unreasonable for the Superintendent to attach little or no weight to the economic consequences due to the loss of driving privilege: Scheffer v. Superintendent of Motor Vehicles, 2004 BCSC 258 at para. 38.

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