Nova Scotia Veteran Motorcycle Plate

We the undersigned would like to petition the Government of Nova Scotia, Ministers of

Nova Scotia, Councilors of Nova Scotia and the Mayor of the Halifax Regional

Municipality (HRM) to recognize Veterans past and present with a specialty Veteran

Motorcycle License plate.


Email Letter sent 25 Nov 2010

The Honourable Ramona Jennex
Minister
Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations


11/25/2010 6:37 PM

Minister Jennex

My name is Angus Cameron and I was born in Trenton On. 40 some years ago.
Having served 26 years in the Navy, and now retired, just read an article about

Poppies on Motorcycle plates for Ontario.

I think this is a great way to remember our Veterans and would like to continue the

cause for our bike plates in Nova Scotia.
I would like to bring to your attention and article from a online newspaper,

http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2833182

We as Canadians already have these plates in Quebec and British Columbia.

http://www.bcpl8s.ca/Veteran.htm

http://en.qc.legion.ca/en/plaques-des-veterans.html

I hope you find the time to read and consider my email, and let's not be the last to

do this, because all the other provinces did,
let's be the 4th province to do it, because its a great idea.

Thank you for your time

Angus Cameron
Halifax NS
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Minister responded 20 Dec 2010

Mr. Angus Cameron
Halifax

Via E-mail: *********@hotmail.com

Dear Mr. Cameron:

Thank you for your e-mail inquiry of November 25, 2010 requesting that Nova Scotia

create and issue a motorcycle license plate with a poppy as the graphic image.

As you may be aware, Nova Scotia was the first Province in Canada to issue a license

Plate to honor the contributions of the men and women who have proudly served their

Country. The Nova Scotia Veteran plate was designed in consultation with the Royal

Canadian Legion and was launched in February of 2003. To date, approximately 10,700

Plates have been issued to eligible veterans.

There are a number of veteran plate designs across the Country. Many of them

incorporate the poppy and a Canadian flag in the design. Currently, each Canadian

Province makes one veteran plate graphic design available. As you indicate in your e

-mail, three provinces currently offer a veteran plate for motorcycles. Specialty

Plates, in Nova Scotia, have generally not been made available for motorcycles due to

the smaller plate size as it limits the room for graphics.

I hope this addresses your concerns.

Sincerely,

Original Signed by

The Honourable Ramona Jennex
Minister
Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations

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To solve the space requirements on Nova Scotia Motorcycle plates I suggest dropping

the digit to the far left and using this space for the Veteran Graphic. To date we

only have 10,700 Veteran plates for Passenger Vehicles and needing the ability to have

999,999 Motorcycle plates is a little much. We could drop another digit and replace

it with a "V" and still have room for 9,999 plates.

This cause is of the utmost importance to recognize and remember all Veterans past and

present.


Signed

The people that care of Nova Scotia

" Don't forget to sign the P-P-P "
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