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It also sounds like the officer was using Lidar, which will give a range to the target. It's advantage is that the officer can pick out a single vehicle in heavy traffic which appears moving faster than the others.

OTD Legal, you left out the Part I summons which is a quite common way to seek an increased penalty above the normal set fine, without having to have all of the extra paperwork of a Part III Summons.

It's not just about training and qualifications. Just because someone has completed training or a course, doesn't mean they are competent in that field. You'll have an opportunity to ask the officer about their training when you cross examine them. The JP can then make a decision about where the officer was qualified to use the device.

In all likelihood the prosecution will seek an amendment to the charge if they discover that the wrong subsection was used. It will be up to the JP whether to grant it or not.

Based on your description of the incident, there won't be any witness statements, you'll get a copy of the testing instructions for the speed measuring device and it's not likely you'll get proof of the officers training and qualifications.

No signature on an electronic ticket is not a fatal error. They aren't required on e-tickets
No drivers licence number on a ticket is also not a fatal error. How else would you give someone a ticket who has never had a licence?

The big issue is that you got someone elses ticket and possibly someone got yours!

You can't "get around" the definition. An off road vehicle is an off road vehicle. It doesn't matter how you dress it up, it's still and off road vehicle.

Your laundry list of disclosure certainly didn't help your cause. You probably found it on a paralegal site that is notoriously out of date. Most of the items would of never exist for a speeding charge and some have been decided by the courts as not being relevant to disclosure. Some are also usually part of the officers testimony.
Based on the ...

Until such time as you request a trial and receive your notice, it's unlikely that you will get disclosure. You don't make this request at the police station or from the police. It's done through the prosecutors office.

They actually aren't "excluded form Ontario law"
The GPTR simply allows the issuing of Provinal Offence notices on federal property in any Province and says that the provinicial laws where that property is located are in effect.
A common example are the offence notices issued on Canadian Forces Bases.

http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng ...

If the outstanding fines are prohibiting you from renewing your licence plate, it's likely that it's from a parking infraction, or red light camera.
Outstanding fines issued under the HTA result in a suspension of a drivers licence.

You need to go service Ontario and/or your local court to determine what the fine is.

Without a valid plate ...

Insurance MAY be affected. Not will. You'd have to check with your broker.

Wow. Not a huge fan of this penalty system.

If you were in a plaza lot, it wasn't likely a bylaw officer representing the municipality. Likely a private security firm that has authority through the city to issue parking tickets.
Section 15(4) and 15(5) of the POA is very specific about how a part II can be served:

Service on owner
(4) The issuing provincial offences officer may serve the ...

I'm just curious as to where this ticket was received?
Also, disclosure comes from the prosecutor. There should be no need to contact the issuing police service.

You won't know until that time comes. In our jurisdiction we have a full time prosecutor and one other that assists. They both take good notes for each other and have good memories.

The prosecutor doesn't have to offer anything at anytime. They do it to sometimes to streamline the court docket. Ie offering someone a reduced fine or dropping one ticket for a plea on another

If they take your licence and keep it, it's for a reason like Impaired charges etc and you wouldn't be able to drive anyway. At a road side stop they may take it back to their car, just like here.

1) No
2) Why? If is analog, there should be a MPH scale on it. If digital, you should be able to change it to MPH
3) Yes
4) and 5) http://www.ontariohighwaytrafficact.com/topic4956.html
6) You certainly could be, just like in Ontario

But subsection one says:
6. (1) A permit for a motor vehicle shall be validated by means of evidence of validation provided by the Ministry.
The reason subsection 2 says that "the portion of the evidence of validation not intended for the number plate may be affixed in the appropriate space provided on the permit for the vehicle."
Is because if ...

You can't plea to the offence under 144(18.1) as an owner unless there was in fact evidence from a red light camera.

You read incorrectly.

I'll be locking this post. We've all seen this before and it goes no where.

And the photocopy of the permit must be a "true copy" which means a copy of both sides of the permit.

You're confusing the terms "invalid" and "expired". Huge difference.

+1 to what screech said. By HTA definition, pickup trucks are a "commercial vehicle"

The only thing i'll say about that case is that:
1) It's from 1986, well prior to any training standards in Ontario.
2) Strike out any reference to tuning forks as most manufacturers don't require their use here.
3) It appears the officer didn't receive any training by a qualified instructor and didn't follow the manufacturers testing instructions ...

I checked prior posts and I don't think anyone actually asked what it plugs into.
And to clarify one of the highlighted areas, the Genesis radar does accept patrol speed through the VIP but it doesn't establish the patrol speed through it. It's merely a check and balance for the patrol speed. Eg. Radar without the VIP may have trouble keeping up ...

The moving radar establishes its patrol speed using the front or rear antenna. It does not obtain the patrol speed from the VIP.
I'm not currently in reach of my VIP manual to quote from it though.

The discussion the officers were having was deciding whether to charge you criminally with personation. Section 403 of the Criminal Code. You might want to read that as well and consider that you can still be charged Criminally.