Bj”rn Forsstr”m (2:203/614.61) wrote to Steven Horn at 09:40 on 23 Mar 2004:

 BF> Oh, didn't know you had state insurances.
 BF> I have never heard of that before. And you call us a socialist
 BF> country.  :-) 

Gord Hannah gave you most of the relevant information but forgot to mention
that Quebec has public (or state) insurance for liability but not for
property damage.  So there are four Canadian provinces which have some form
of state automobile insurance.

For what it's worth, all of the provinces had socialist governments in
power when these schemes were introduced but succeeding capitalist
governments have not dismantled the schemes.  They continue to make
automobile insurance available to drivers who could not afford private
insurance and this is something that should not be overlooked.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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