MEDIA ADVISORY: Have your Operator Card or risk expensive fines this long
weekend

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May 20, 2010, 07:00 ET

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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