Sudbury’s Palladino Auto Group scoops up North Bay dealership

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Cliff Pilon bought dealership after 35 years; he plans to enchantment choice that stripped him of his licence to promote autos

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Simply over every week in the past, it was introduced that Cliff Pilon had bought the Gold Fleet Subaru dealership he ran in North Bay for 35 years to the Sudbury-based Palladino Auto Group.  

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What was not recognized then is that Pilon had his license to promote vehicles revoked by Ontario Motor Automobile Business Council (OMVIC). Pilon had been a board member of the business council since 2006.  

The OMVIC choice was rendered final Friday. This was in response to an enchantment filed on Pilon’s behalf difficult a 2021 choice by the OMVIC, which regulates the business in Ontario.  

“The appellants didn’t contest the vast majority of the respondent’s allegations contained within the NOP (Discover of Proposal) and the Discover of Additional and Different Particulars and acknowledged that the enterprise supervisor, Belinda Brown (‘B.B.’), at Fundamental Avenue Auto Importers Ltd. o/a Gold Fleet Subaru (‘Gold Fleet’) cast the signatures of a number of gross sales associates and one buyer and that C.E.P. (Pilon) repeatedly offered false info on renewal functions to the Ontario Motor Automobile Business Council (‘OMVIC’).”  

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Below Pilon’s possession, Subaru of North Bay has been serving clients in North Bay, Sturgeon Falls, New Liskeard, Cobalt, Haileybury, Kirkland Lake and surrounding areas since 1987.  

The report additionally famous that “Pilon has labored within the vehicle gross sales business since 1981 and has been registered as an vehicle salesperson since March 1983; he turned a Subaru supplier in 1987. 

“He has additionally served on the board of administrators for OMVIC since 2006. Previous to the incidents that type the idea of the current (Discover of Proposal), he and his dealerships have by no means been the topic of a shopper grievance to OMVIC or any disciplinary motion.”   

C.E.P. – Pilon – owned Gold Fleet, a Subaru dealership positioned in North Bay. He has additionally owned Easywheels.ca, a used automotive dealership in New Liskeard for roughly two and half years, in response to the report. 

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Kevin Lundy of the OMVIC presided over the enchantment. 

“For the explanations set out above, the enchantment is dismissed and pursuant to subsection 9(5) of the Act (Motor Automobile Sellers Act), the tribunal directs the registrar to hold out the Discover of Proposal to refuse the registration of Easywheels.ca Inc. as a motorized vehicle supplier; to revoke the registrations of Fundamental Avenue Auto Importers Ltd. o/a Gold Fleet Subaru and Fundamental Avenue Auto Importers Ltd. o/a Easywheels.ca as motorized vehicle sellers; and to revoke the registration of Clifford Ernest Pilon (‘C.E.P.’) as a motorized vehicle salesperson underneath the Act.”  

Pilon instructed Postmedia that the report has “21 errors in it and we plan to file an enchantment.”   

Pilon stated he has spent hundreds of {dollars} in authorized charges combating this ruling and can proceed to contest the choice.

To view your entire OMVIC report on the Pilon case, go to https://tinyurl.com/2m674kp2.

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