A northwestern Ontario MPP wants more northerners to use snow tires.
Liberal Bill Mauro is calling on insurance companies to offer a rebate for those motorists who pay extra for the heavy duty tires.
"If more people in the province of Ontario are in fact using winter tires there will be fewer claims," says Mauro. "There will be lower costs associated with those fewer claims for the insurance companies. This is from my perspective about making the roads safer and trying to save some lives in the process."
Mauro introduced a motion in the Legislature last week.
