Prince George-North Cariboo MLA Sheldon Clare introduced a bill in the legislature to address a gap in ICBC’s current coverage.
Clare said it was brough to his attention by Chantelle Sutton, one of his constituents who was injured in a motorcycle accident and lost one of her legs.
“The people in question suffered, in my view, what was a catastrophic injury, and yet they were told by ICBC that two limbs lost is catastrophic injury, but not one.” said Clare.
“I was shocked, and I looked around other jurisdictions in Canada and found that Ontario has an insurance policy as having it as a single limb meaning a catastrophic injury.”
Clare said his bill would do two things.
“The bill is very simple. It only does two things. It changes the definition of catastrophic injury from loss of two limbs or more to loss of a single limb or more.”
“The other thing it does is it backdates the eligibility for a claim to the beginning of no fault.”
Clare feels it’s an easy fix, and is hoping to get bipartisan support.
The bill received first reading a few weeks ago, and should come up for second reading next month.
– Files from George Henderson, My Cariboo Now staff
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