Sadly I can't participate because in our socialist province of Manitoba our provincial government requires us to purchase auto insurance from a crown corporation, there is no private auto insurance here (for cars). But just for fun I decided to look into it, here's how it went:
Clicked the link in the autos.ca article which took me to the MB Financial website
Called the toll free number for 1st class insurance on the MB Financial website
On hold for 8 min, call answered by a 3rd party call centre for Aviva Financial in Ontario
They didn't know I was calling about MB auto insurance, they take general insurance inquiries, I had to explain
Once I said I was inquiring from Manitoba they transferred me to the Manitoba call centre (??)
On hold 12 minutes, Quebec Aviva call centre answers the phone, is a general insurance query operator
Says they can't help me and will transfer me to the Ontario call centre who can help me
On hold 4 minutes, ontario call centre answers, I explain I've been transferred from Quebec after inquiring about Manitoba insurance
Silence, then placed on hold for 4 minutes, operator returns saying they can't insure my car because I have 'government' insurance but offered to give me a quote on my home insurance.
Fak me.