MEDIA ADVISORY: Have your Operator Card or risk expensive fines this long
weekend
OTTAWA, May 20 /CNW Telbec/ - With Victoria Day long weekend upon us, 6 million Canadians are still without a Pleasure Craft Operator Card, commonly referred to as a "boating licence". Law enforcement will be out in full-force cracking down on all boat operators across Canada's waterways, who unless certified, will face fines of at least $250. Summer 2010 is the first-ever boating season where ALL Canadian boat operators, regardless of age, must be certified.
WHAT: Get your Pleasure Craft Operator Card online at BoaterExam.com in time for the long weekend WHO: Spokesperson Robert Dupel, BoaterExam.com, Tel: 1-613-799-6463 Email: [email protected] ABOUT: BoaterExam.com is Canada's largest course provider offering boaters a number of ways to become certified: online, in class or at testing centres such as Bass Pro Shops, seven days per week all summer, and in English and French. MORE INFO: Visit www.BoaterExam.com or call the Boating Safety Info Line toll-free at: 1-866-688-2628 from 9 a.m. to midnight EST daily.
For further information: or to request an interview: Robert Dupel, Spokesperson, Toll-free: 1-866-688-2628, Phone: 1-877-722-8838 x249, Email: [email protected]
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