You are correct in that assumption, the issus of government hacking at your wallet is nutty.
Two of the fines were for having an ‘expired ticket’ on the bus. The way the system works is if I pay for a ticket it ‘expires’ after 90 minutes, regardless of whether or not I’ve gotten off the bus.
One is for a speeding ticket I got for going 70 km/h in a school zone at 7am, never mind that the law says that school zones are only from 8-5.
Then there was a seat belt fine, seat belt fine, seat belt fine and having expired insurance.
So all in all over 7 years I owe 2k to the provincial and lcoal governments. I’d settle for 200, but they will never settle. Their loss.