Whereas public car insurance creates local jobs and significant investments in municipalities through road safety and improvement, grants-in-lieu, and community grants while providing greater control to municipalities to plan for risks and costs; And whereas jurisdictions with only private insurance options have experienced significant rate hikes year after year while accident benefits dramatically decline: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM will call on the provincial government to preserve public car insurance, including jobs and local investments, in British Columbia.
Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General Government has demonstrated its commitment to preserving and strengthening the public vehicle insurance model in British Columbia with the implementation of Enhanced Care as of May 1, 2021. Enhanced Care provides the benefits British Columbians need to recover from a vehicle accident while ensuring stability, predictability and fairness with respect to premiums, and ultimately making life more affordable throughout the province.