City council wants to correct a loophole in the city's red light law that lets Quebec drivers escape fines if they run a red light in Ottawa.

There are currently 33 intersections in Ottawa equipped with red light cameras. If an Ontario driver runs a red light, that driver faces a $325-fine.

However, if a driver from Quebec or another province is nabbed by a red light camera, they won't be fined. That's because there's no agreement for Ottawa's red light camera program to share information with other provinces.

With so many Quebec drivers on Ottawa roads, city council wants to fix the problem by striking a deal with Quebec's Ministry of Transportation.

Coun. Rainer Bloess says it's not so much a question of collecting revenue, but more about making sure that Quebec drivers face the same deterrents as Ontario drivers.

"I think what it really does is it gives impunity to a certain group of drivers, and it really creates two classes of drivers in this town -- those who are going to drive more carefully, who are going to be concerned about running through an intersection, and those who basically know that the law doesn't apply to them," said Coun. Rainer Bloess.

"And that, to me, is unacceptable. It's not equal treatment."

Bloess plans to raise the issue at next month's city council meeting.

With a report from CTV Ottawa's Claudia Cautillo