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Ford Conservatives vote against making auto insurance more affordable

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Published on November 18, 2018 with No Comments

 The Ford Conservatives have just voted against any effort to make auto insurance more affordable. At the provincial Conservative Party’s convention in Etobicoke, Policy Resolution 13 read “The PC Party supports reforming auto insurance to make it more affordable while maintaining benefit levels.”

Delegates — which include Conservative MPPs, insiders and party loyalists — voted no. NDP Auto Insurance critic Gurratan Singh released the following statement:

“No one voted for a government to make life even more unaffordable for families. No one voted for a government to take the side of insurance companies over everyday Ontarians.

I was shocked and outraged to hear that the Ford Conservatives have voted a hard no to any policy position that makes auto insurance more affordable. Drivers in targeted postal codes in Toronto, Brampton, Scarborough, Bramlea, Malton and other communities throughout the GTA are being gouged, forced to pay far more, even if they have a perfect driving record.

In the last year alone, Brampton families have seen premiums increase at a rate nearly five times higher than the provincial average. The average Brampton driver’s annual premiums are nearly $1,000 more than the average driver.

High auto insurance rates are hurting families. They’re hurting small businesses. For Doug Ford and his insiders to vote to let that keep happening is wrong.”

 

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