Liberals say rebates promised to BC drivers fall short of those in other jurisdictions

The Opposition Liberals say rebates promised to BC drivers due to the decline in crashes during the COVID-19 pandemic fall short of those in other jurisdictions.

Premier John Horgan announced yesterday that rebates will average about 190 dollars each.

Liberal critic Mike Morris says other insurers in Canada gave rebates averaging 280 dollars.

Morris says the rebates are welcome news for drivers, but it should have happened months ago and it's confusing why it will take another six weeks to deliver.

Horgan says ICBC will return 600 million dollars in net savings to about three million drivers in March, and he says the cheques are the "largest single give-back" to policy holders in Canada during COVID-19.