A conviction for impaired driving by a drug does not allow you to qualify for Stream A. So make sure the judge changes that in court before you plead guilty. The judge will make this amendment upon request.
This is a very small issue to take care of, but a lot of people get caught on this in Ontario and it takes a lot of behind the scene work to undo this problem with the Ministry, believe me. So that is the quick tip of the day.
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