Maybe the Globe can do a poll on this.

I personally think winter tires should be mandatory everywhere in Canada -- even in BC. By Feb last year, Vancouver had seen more snow than Regina. At the very least, BC should require snow tires (and not M=S) on all mountain highways in the winter.

A few years back, then- Alberta MLA Thomas Lukaszuk tweeted a suggestion that winter tires be made mandatory in Alberta. 

And for people saying they've never been in an accident on all-seasons -- it's a little like immunization: the more people that have winter tires, the shorter everyone stops and the less likelihood of crashes. 

Even cutting stopping distance by just a metre (which even just average winter tires​ do) could mean missing a kid who ran out into the street chasing a hockey puck.