Since you got your ticket the 12th, and got your exemption the 12th, it might be a win. But remember, there is extra fee to pay if you go to court and loose your case, so you may end up with a 350$ ticket instead of the 270$ ticket...As of the law, any vehicule without winter tires, winter tires have a snow flake and ice on the external side of it, are banned for Québec road between 15 Dec and 15 Mar. They will not change it, they don't give a **** about motorcycles (Hey, Partie Québécois wanted to ban motorcycles from Québec 10 years ago!). About your insurance and plate fee, instead of paying for 1 jan to 31 dec, your now paying the same amount but they say it's for 15 Mar to 15 Dec. I,m sorry for you, but its what you get for living in a communist province 
Ontario feels like freedom most of the time.
Ontario feels like freedom most of the time.