{"id":84581,"date":"2026-07-11T07:55:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=84581"},"modified":"2026-07-11T07:55:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:55:37","slug":"ndp-fords-insurance-changes-leave-drivers-pedestrians-and-cyclists-at-greater-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/11\/ndp-fords-insurance-changes-leave-drivers-pedestrians-and-cyclists-at-greater-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"NDP: Ford\u2019s insurance changes leave drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists at greater risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OntarioNDP.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-71973\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OntarioNDP-300x108.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OntarioNDP-300x108.png 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OntarioNDP-600x216.png 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/OntarioNDP.png 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Ontario NDP MPP Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), and Shadow Minister for Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement Tom Rakocevic (Humber River\u2014Black Creek) are warning Ontarians about the Ford government\u2019s changes to auto insurance that took effect July 1:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese changes don&#8217;t just affect drivers,\u201d said Kernaghan. \u201cThey also put pedestrians and cyclists at greater risk by weakening the protections they rely on if they are seriously injured in a collision. I hear from Londoners every day who want safer streets where people can walk, bike, and drive with confidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one should lose access to critical income replacement or rehabilitation benefits because someone else&#8217;s insurance policy was stripped down to save a few dollars. Ontarians deserve an insurance system that is affordable without sacrificing safety, and that protects everyone who shares our roads. They shouldn\u2019t have to carry extra risk just so insurance companies can squeeze more money out of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are cuts disguised as choice,\u201d said Rakocevic. \u201cThe Ford government is handing a gift to greedy insurance companies, and drivers can unfortunately expect their rates to continue climbing year after year. People should think carefully before they reduce coverage that has always been mandatory until now. Those dollars they may save will pale in comparison to the thousands they may lose in an accident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOntario drivers pay some of the highest premiums in North America, despite ranking among the lowest in per capita accidents. The Ford government allowing these companies to remove mandatory coverages will not lower already-exorbitant insurance rates and will only make matters worse for drivers if they end up in an accident.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario NDP MPP Terence Kernaghan (London North Centre), and Shadow Minister for Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement Tom Rakocevic (Humber River\u2014Black Creek) are warning Ontarians about the Ford government\u2019s changes to auto insurance that took effect July 1: \u201cThese changes don&#8217;t just affect drivers,\u201d said Kernaghan. \u201cThey also put pedestrians and cyclists at &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":71973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-provincial"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-18 09:59:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84582,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84581\/revisions\/84582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}