Solving parking issues is what we do

While most people can always depend upon death and taxes to provide some kind of context for their lives, some city observers think city parking tickets also make up a large part of that equation. Of the three pillars that make up Montreal’s multi-million dollar plus parking enterprise, assorted parking offences committed within the old city’s nine original boroughs provide almost $50 million on top of the $23 million the city already received from Stationnement Montréal, Montreal’s private parking authority. Once revenue from SPVM (Service de la Police de la Ville de Montréal) moving traffic violations are added to the total, driving in Montreal has become very big business.

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