Today's blog post is based on Mark McCourt's Guest Column  in the Edmonton Journal last week. Since Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party won the May 2023 Alberta election, McCourt  has authored numerous guest columns on the issue of auto insurance reform: seven in the Edmonton Journal , five in the Calgary Herald and two in the Western Standard. In November 2024 , UCP Finance Minister Nate Horner held a press conference to announce his department’s plans to radi

Despite mandatory auto insurance laws, uninsured driving remains a reality on Alberta roads. Whether caused by financial hardship, expired policies, or noncompliance, uninsured drivers can leave others facing serious stress after a collision. Being struck by an uninsured driver can quickly lead to worries about medical costs, vehicle damage, and lost wages.   While many Albertans worry they will be left paying out of pocket, Alberta law provides important protections and opti

Happy Groundhog Day, Premier Danielle Smith! Is springtime in Alberta just around the corner, or do Albertans have to put up with six more weeks of Finance Minister Nate Horner?  Today's blog post is an encore presentation of Mark McCourt's kick-ass Guest Column  last week in the Western Standard: "Debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust and wide-open, and... may well include vehement, caustic and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public off

In flagrant disregard of experts who warn that switching from an at-fault auto insurance system to no-fault tends to result in more dead people  on the roads, Premier Danielle Smith  has yet to scrap CINO  Finance Minister Nate Horner's destructive plan to impose on Albertans a no-fault auto insurance scheme starting January 1, 2027. Jason Kenney , who was replaced as Premier by Smith in 2022, alerted Albertans that year that " the lunatics are trying to take over the asylum