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Originally Posted by soulchoice
As mentioned by a previous poster, you can still get demerits reduced(depending on the amount of demerits the ticket has) if you go the judge route.
The link above from CBC is only for the first appearance, whereby in the past the prosecutor could reduce demerits. They no longer have the power to do such, however if you go to the trial and judge, you can still have demerits removed. Y
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I think you are confusing the word reduced with removed. The prosecutor can still reduce them, just can't remove them entirely. You don't have to go the judge route to do this, only if you want them removed entirely.
However having demerits is less of an issue these days as insurance companies have a tendency now (that I found) to look at convictions and the severity of them when deciding on your rate instead of total demerits.