Theorethically you can complain at the test centre but the supervisor will protect his/her employee so it has no use.
Then you can complain (this is the next level) at the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, but it has no use, either. They will simply tell you that the examiner is right and you are wrong.
After getting no justice from the Ministry of Transportation, you can try the Ombudsman, whose beautiful homepage assures you of a high succes rate of the Ombudsman in dealing with such issues. But it has no use either as you will get from them only told, that the examiner was surely right as the Ministry controls the failing rates etc. etc.
Then there is your local parlamentary representative and the press (which we have not yet tried).
Our experience until now is, that you have no chance to get justice. Do not let the complaint sheet (which you can fill in at the test centre and send to the Ministry of Transportation) fool you. It is of no use.
All these people get paid to provide you with an objective, fair drive test or to help you get justice. Actually, that is exactly what they DON'T DO.
In Europe in many countries your driving instructor is in the car with you during the test, to ensure the objectivity and fairness of the test. Here in Ontario there ist only one company that does the testing and individual tests are not controlled or supervised in any way. No independent third person in the car, no video equipment, nothing... So the examiner does with you what he wants. Injustice, sexual harrasment, whatever... you are alone with him (or her).
The Ministry calls it "one of the best testing systems worldwide". Well, even in post communist Eastern European Countries like Hungary ist drive testing more objective (your driving instructor sits in the car during the road test and you have certain tasks to absolve during the test).
Here, in Ontario SERCO Des. Inc., a multinational company can rip you off without any consequences whatsoever.
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