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The application itself runs to more than 400 pages, including a 300 page cabinet order, underscoring the challenge of calculating the impacts of the changes on individual drivers.
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But unofficial watchdog Richard McCandless estimates optional rates have canada goose coats increased by about nine per cent over the past year. Given the state of the books at ICBC, one can reasonably expect about the same in the year ahead, probably starting Nov. 1, the first anniversary of the last increase.
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