Have any outstanding tickets? Smile while you can

The government in Alberta is going after people who have unpaid traffic tickets. There are over 651,000 outstanding tickets in Alberta worth more than $126 million. If people don't pay after they've been notified, they could have their wages or income tax refunds garnished, registrations suspended or vehicles repossessed.

The province has a system where if you go to renew your registration, if there are unpaid tickets outstanding, you can be denied renewal. But people get around this by putting their vehicles in other folks' names.

Personally, I have no issue with this move. If you want to drive, you have to pay the piper.