Earlier this year the BC Government called ICBC a ‘dumpster fire’. They suggested drastic overhaul was needed to keep the Crown insurer alive and well. In order to let them keep their monopoly the rights of British Columbians injured through careless drivers would need to be stripped.

But don’t worry, the Government assured us, only those who suffer ‘minor’ injuries will have their rights reduced. All who watch Government know, however, that the Devil’s in the details. Today those details came out and their assurances were misleading. Many major injuries are caught in their ‘minor’ injury dragnet.

In an April 2, 2018 press release the Government assured the public “brain injuries” would not be labeled as minor. Today Regulations were published that flat out state otherwise.

These Insurance (Vehicle) Regulations label a “concussion” as a “minor injury“. A concussion is a brain injury. There is no grey here. The Government lied.

This brain injury inclusion is in addition to those injuries they previously told us are minor including: