Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 11, 1970, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday May ii 1970 hard words but no news at forum a Public forum Friday night on Hie question of compulsory government of crated automobile insurance provided both the now democratic government and private insurance agents the Opportunity to re engage in verbal Battle but no ice data about the actual operation of the plan emerged. The Public meeting in St. In Mitius school attracted about 450 people. Sponsored by Hie Crescent Wood new democratic party association the meeting was intended to give the peo ple the Smth about automobile automatic transmission special limited time Only band adjustment plus Oil change plus transmission inspection 9 plus tax All work guaranteed Western Canada s largest automatic transmission specialists automatic transmissions 957 Portage ave. At Upton 930 Nairn ave. 786-2437 said chairman nip Crescent uis Urance by g o n i c k four speakers occupied the speaker s podium municipal affairs minister Howard Paw icy who is responsible for introducing the government s pro posed plan ii. Vannan chairman of the advisory Board of the insurance Bureau of can Ada a Walker president of the Winnipeg and District la Bour Council and Frank mul Doon Defeated Liberal candidate in during the provincial election. Lee Southern executive Assis Tant to Sidney Spivak pc River said that no conserva Tive spokesman was at the forum for several reasons there had not been any Consul tation prior to setting lie Date for the meeting the invitation had been extended prior to any legislation being tabled in the House the conservative party had asked for a later Date so that after that after the Legisla Tion had been tabled they would have the Opportunity to adequately assess it. Or. 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Although British Columbia also has compulsory automobile insurance he said that the Saskatchewan method of Selling the insurance policy with the licence plates had for this reason Manitoba proved to be More successful would probably adopt a similar system if a compulsory plan is approved. The Cost to the Public must be kept at a minimum and the present system should evolve towards a More humane sys or. Vannan throughout the forum warned the audience of the doctrinaire socialist gov he charged that the government s report on automobile insurance was filled with errors misunderstandings and out and out h e said the government should stay out of the insurance business and leave it to peo ple who know something about he said that private insure scr vices than would he provided Ance companies provide More by government and suggested that if the government wants to enter into the insurance Field that they do so on a coins Clive basis with the existing private firms. Referring to the nor govern ment s proposal to have deductible coverage or. Van Nan warned that private Compa Nies won t pick up the scraps on this deductible he said that Bill 50 appears to x providing the government with the licence to referring to the deductible clause he told the meeting that a recent study in the state if new York had shown that in Low Speed accidents 80 per cent j of the claims were under or. Muldoon offered another explanation for the nip gov Sii Ould be covered Calgary up the first move in painting a room should e a big move advises con Sumer counsellor Jack Sci Chroch of the Calgary co opera Ive association. All furniture in the room should be moved to the Middle of the floor and Cov ered. By Max Striman and Soni auction Sale of 9-pc. 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Quoting an insurance executive from an article in the financial times dec. 4, he said that the Canadian Industry is overcrowded and likened it to an obsolete slum that wants to be cleared in the rebuttals or. Pawley referring to or. Vannan s accusations regarding political philosophy reiterated that an to Mobil insurance is not an ideological Issue but is concerned with finding the most efficient and humane Way of handling automobile insurance. He praised the appraisal centres used in Saskatchewan. If the private companies do not want to provide any additional automobile insurance coverage which a Motorist might want then the government is pre pared to Supply this extra coverage he said. If the. Insurance agents arc concerned about a government in the insurance Field what about other Public utilities such As Hydro. Later in response to a ques Tion that a government automobile insurance Ino Noily would not be competitive and premiums could easily Rise or. Pawley said the alleged com petition Between private companies in Manitoba during the last five years has not prevented rising Premium costs. Or. Pawley also answered a variety of other questions. Referring to the loss of jobs income thus tax Revenue if government automobile insurance is implemented he said that Many of the 1200 insurance agents in Manitoba Only work part time at the Job. The government would re quire about 500 agents. If any one whether a full time or part time agent wanted to work in the insurance Field and had experience he might be hired. He said that he government is still investigating the possibility of having agents collect the premiums rather than making the Motorist pay the total automobile insurance Cost when he purchases his licence. He also explained other facets of uie proposed plan including no fault coverage and third party liability coverage. In his rebuttal or. Vannan said that under the govern ment s proposed scheme the Good Driver would be sub string the poor Driver and the Rural Driver would be subsidizing the Urban Driver. Referring to the membership of the government s automobile commission he said that a professional insurance agent can not Arguo with a fuzzy headed Amateur government he said that 11 governments were so capable of managing things Canada at the present time would not have so Many problems. He warned All you people who Don t understand insurance better find out before you get sold this pig in a he said that the private insurance companies had approached various governments including the Manitoba govern ment to make no fault cover age compulsory but this had not been done. In response to a Man Wear ing a Brace on his neck who had asked Why settlement claims required so much time and lawyers or. Vannan re plied that the Man probably did t receive a Quick Settle ment because you Are too or. Muldoon in his rebut Tal listed three Steps he thought could have been followed in Stead of introducing compulsory government automobile insurance at one first the government should have listed priorities with which they wanted the private Compa Nies to comply. Failing this the government could have entered the insurance Field on a competitive basis. Finally if problems continued then the government could assume monopoly control. D Perng tragedy recalled Pembroke out. Up an inquest jury decided thurs Day that no blame should be attached to the Crew of a freight train involved in a level Cross ing smash which killed four Winnipeg residents. The fatality occurred Good Friday about . At a crossing near Pembroke go Miles Northwest of Ottawa. The victims worn Frederick d Perng 40, his wife Mirc Etc his son Walter 10, and 17-year old Shelly Piquet. The police investigation failed to reveal who had been driving inc car. 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