{"id":70845,"date":"2016-02-18T21:24:04","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T02:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=70845"},"modified":"2016-02-18T21:24:04","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T02:24:04","slug":"b-c-tightens-vehicle-sale-regulations-to-protect-buyers-amends-motor-dealer-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/02\/18\/b-c-tightens-vehicle-sale-regulations-to-protect-buyers-amends-motor-dealer-act\/","title":{"rendered":"B.C. tightens vehicle sale regulations to protect buyers; amends Motor Dealer Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40730\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/shutterstock_119582032.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40730\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40730\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/shutterstock_119582032.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/shutterstock_119582032.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/shutterstock_119582032-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/shutterstock_119582032-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ShutterStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>VICTORIA\u2014The British Columbia government is taking action to make sure consumers get what they pay for when they buy a vehicle, says the province&#8217;s public safety minister.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Morris said amendments to B.C.&#8217;s Motor Dealer Act ensure vehicle wholesalers, broker agents and broker-agent representatives are licensed and regulated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vehicle-sales industry has been clear about the importance of licensing wholesalers so purchasers can be assured they are getting the full vehicle history,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe these are the right changes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There has been widespread concern among vehicle dealers that unlicensed groups aren&#8217;t legally required to disclose information such as accident records, Morris said.<\/p>\n<p>This could mean consumers are buying damaged or dangerous vehicles, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The changes allow the provincial authority responsible for regulating licensed dealerships and salespeople to better police vehicle sales, though Morris said the amendments don&#8217;t apply to people who sell their vehicles privately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VICTORIA\u2014The British Columbia government is taking action to make sure consumers get what they pay for when they buy a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":40730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-70845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","tag-original","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}