In Manitoba we were on probation for 1 year after obtaining a license, and if you got a ticket in that time, your license could be suspended, and the probation could be extended. Points were assessed based on severity of offence, minimum of 2 per moving violation, and once you hit 6, the gov't can suspend your license for whatever period the pencil pushing gov't lackey deemed appropriate. I never had more than 6 points, they would be reduced on a sliding scale with 12 continuous months of collision and conviction free driving, which I seemed to have some degree of difficulty doing. My buddy had accumulated 42 points, all from moving violations, never a dui.