BC NDP Leader David Eby announced Thursday in Richmond that drivers would get three more years of frozen car insurance rates under his party’s plan, framing it as relief for working families facing rising costs. According to the release, the commitment builds on his pledges to cut gas prices by up to 30 cents a litre and cap profits on grocery essentials.
Eby said he fought to reduce rates and would fight to keep them low, adding that nobody can afford bills skyrocketing to benefit powerful insiders, the release says. The party credits its cleanup of ICBC’s finances and the Enhanced Care model with saving the average driver about $500 a year and freezing rates for seven straight years, while premiums in Alberta surged 65 per cent, according to the release.
Under the plan, the freeze would extend until spring 2030, which the party says would mean ICBC rates frozen for a full decade. The release also claims drivers are now paying an average of $1,000 less per year than they would have without the ICBC reforms, on top of multiple rebates issued to drivers.
The announcement drew a direct contrast with interim Conservative Leader Lorne Doerkson, whose September 29 letter to the BC Trial Lawyers Association said everything is on the table including opening auto insurance to private competition, according to the release. An Ernst and Young analysis cited in the release says Alberta drivers pay twice as much under that kind of system.
The release does not say what the extended freeze would cost ICBC or the province, and Apna News could not independently verify the savings figures, which come from the party’s own release.
Source: BC NDP release, Oct 8, 2026 (bcndp.ca).
