According to the Canadian news organization The Globe and Mail, Canadian riders are ticked that the YaShure Land government's insurance board paid a public relations firm to gather information on at least one group.
Seems Quebec's automotive insurance board, which helps set rates for motor vehicle insurance, hired a firm after seeing how upset members of the Front Commun Motocycliste group were about insurance costs. The group had set up information stands at various motorcycle shows.
That would be sort of akin to the Commonwealth of Virginia's Insurance Commission, or perhaps the National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration, checking up on ABATE.
"We are average taxpayers. We aren’t al-Qaeda,” said Éric Lessard, spokesman for the group. “The government is showing complete contempt for motorcycle owners.”
The Quebecian government, and the insurance board, said they were not spying, just trying to figure out how much power, pull and commitment the group had.
According to the news organization, motorcyclists have protested insurance rate increases that doubled since 2007 for average-size motorcycles and more than quadrupled to $1,414 a year for high-powered motorcycles.
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