Ontario's newly-designed license plates just hit a speed bump. Call it plate-gate. A little background: The Canadian province's new design was unveiled by the provincial government — led by ...

Watch: Minister Lisa Thompson defends Ontario's new licence plates. MPP Lisa Thompson defends new Ontario licence plates. 5 years ago. Duration 4:16.

The Ontario government announced that it will not be moving forward with the redesign of the province's licence plates and will revert back to the original white "Yours to Discover" plates.

Premier Doug Ford's government has a plan to get its blue licence plates off the roads, four years after discovering they are barely visible at night — and that plan is to sit back and wait.