ICBC will have a lot easier time of pulling something like this off. They are a monopoly insurance carrier in BC with very few checks and balances to their power. One day they will double the insurance rates for RHDs and BC'ers will just have to suck it up and say "yes sir..." But in Alberta, we have a conservative government who has already kicked the insurance agency's asses a couple times over rates as well as over mandatory vehicle inspections (now illegal in AB for an insurance agancy to demand you get a vehicle inspection before they insure it.)

So they will have to do some fancy footwork before they can hike rates here.

As to extending the import age to 25 years, I agree that this is auto makers whispering in politician's ears. And RHD owners don't have a large enough lobbying force to influence politics. We are the freaks who drive on the "wrong side." I, too, was looking forward to a 3ltr Toyota Surf sitting beside the Paj in the driveway.

I guess we'll see.