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NEWS TOPIC

# car insurance

2 stories, newest first. Times are Pacific.

## Thursday, October 8

Election newsReported

### [BC NDP promises to freeze basic ICBC rates until spring 2030](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/bc-ndp-icbc-basic-rate-freeze-spring-2030)

David Eby announced in Richmond on October 8 that an NDP government would freeze basic car insurance rates for three more years, extending a run of seven straight years of frozen rates.

2:11 pm PT2 min read

Opinion

### [Opinion: One party says car insurance rates will double. The other says they stay low. Neither has shown a calculation](https://voche.me/bc/provincial-2026/news/opinion-car-insurance-double-rates-no-numbers)

The BC NDP says a Conservative plan would double car insurance rates. The Conservatives say rates stay low. The voche.me editors looked for the numbers behind both.

12:11 pm PT5 min read

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