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Ontario Premier Bob Rae is General Sikorski Polish Pscheduled, to be the guest Veteran's Hall, 1551 Stevenson Pr m e Bob ae aker a thetIiSpt. 19 meeting Rd. N., Oshawa. turers' Association.!a :5pm Cost is $40 for members, $45 DR IA me tig Rae will .peèkak :5pm for non-members. Cail 579-6050 Th-Ie meeting will be held at for more information. WITY FRUE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTMBER 4,1991, PAGE 15 PIca~ Peccle hhsNew8spaper Some studies s sugges thata govemnment takeover of Ontano's carinsurance system could csu u800industry jobs. How many will be mn your comunitV You may already be aware that the government has announced plans to take over Ontario's car insurance system. But you may flot be aware of the potential impact this could have on yolur community and others like it throughout the province. jobs lost. Lives cisrupted. Rfiýghtnow,ihe car insuÉance industry in Ontario, about 26,000 peoàple. And the very nature of the' industry means that these jobs are located in communities throughout the province. :A number of studies have been commissioned tdeteërmine the impact on industry jobs that would resuit from a government takeover. The consensus is that after allowing for new government jobs that might be created, up to 8,000 industry jobs could be permanently lost . ..some of them quite possibly in your community. Even if some insurance industry workers were subsequ'e-ntly hired by government, they'd have to move to wherever the government choose sto base its operations... causing immense disruption to families, particularly in two-,income households. Who gets hurt most? The 26,000 insurance industry workers in Ontario reflect the province's multicultural diversity. In iddition, more than haif of them are women. If the govemment puts the industry out of business, it will affect the livelihoods-of thousanda of ordinary --WÃ"tKing peop e.-- --- . . Whiat's the govermment's reason? faster and customer satisfactio n is high. Insurance companiles, now showing profits for the first timne in years, are, in some cases', applying to the government for permission to reduce rates. ECONoMJC IMPACT IN YOUR AiiA In the local communities reached by this advertisement, general insurance companies and brokers employ 390 people. 66 1 d o notfav'our government insurance.1I arn not aware of any prqgram that a government has mn well except to collect taxes." W.S. Nurse - Whitby, Ontario 66 Why can't the government spend our tax dollars where they are needed?" Robed J. Marshall Uxbridge, Ontario 66 It is obvious to me that private enterprise can operate mogre efficiently than a governrent bureaucracy. JIm Witty Mayor,TownotAiax -- improvements can 't bei Where's the economie" senise. Scrapping the current car insurance system simply doesn't make economîc sense. By any estimate, setting up a government-owned.system will cost taxpayers million 's of dollars, so government insurance would certainly not be cheapér. And if experience is any guide, a governmen <t -owned system in Ontario, like those ini Western Canada* would have to be bailed out by the taxpayer. Some people believe that with ail the other social and economic problems Ontario faces, taking over the car'insurance systemn should simply flot be a government priority. The government already has control Perhaps the best reason for the government flot to take over the car insurance -system is that there simply is no need. Through the Ontario Insurance Commission, the govemnment already has complete, control over prices and benefits. Insurance companies even have to apply' to the Commission for permission to reduce premiums. So if the govetrnment already controls the insurance industry, why do they have to own it? Can the car insurance system be improved? Certainly- Butwith- the government's currerit level. co-operate with government, there's no reason why made under the present system. ) *1, J. -j-. i A lot of people have asked why the government wants to take over the car insurance system. Other than carrying through with what may have been an ill-considered election promise, there doesn't seem to be any good reason. The-current car insurance system, called the Ontario Motorist Protection Plan, appears to be working well. Claims are being processed What catiyoudo. If you agree that a governmenit takeover of the car insurancée system co'uld hurt your community, you might want to tell that to your local' M.P. (see below for the name, address and phone number of your local M.P.P.). Gord Milis, MPP Durham East Larry OConnor, MPP Durham York The Hon. Allan Pilkey, MPP Oshawa Drummond White, MPP Durharn Centre Jim Wiseman, MPP Durham West Charles Beer, MPP York North 68 King Street East 133 High Street 40 King Street West, Suite 302 122 Dundas Street West 2 Randail Drive, Suite 1 220 Industrial Parkway South, Unit 38 Bowmanville, Ontario, LiC 3X2 Sullon, Ontario [DE 1iRO Oshawa, Ontario [1 Hl1R4 Whitby, Ontario Li N 21-9 Ajax, Ontario Li S 6E6 Aurora, Ontario L4G MV Tel: (416) 623-6663 Tel: (416) 722-1212 Tel: (416) 723-2411 Tel: (416) 430-1141 Tel: (416) 683-6707- Tel: (416) 727-1985 The Association of Canadian Insurers 74 >I InsurQince Bureau of CanaQda We're here to help. iTne Ontarjo Mutual Insurance Association a a ., j a a . t. t 4 - t .8 t c I ~ I44&ê~4 -. - -;---~ a a A t -. 4 8,4 t.$~4 t#~ t ~ * j 4 .4,8 - *4,~, %~ ~.4 ~ A ~ ~ ~ 4 f I4~t.~ ~ ~ i A~~~~ kt" 4iti4aà -, -~---Ij-4---,--. ii1. 12 r-l