“If insurance reform is going to work for regular Albertans, preserving the rights and interests of victims must be the starting point.” -- Danielle Smith
Two decades ago, Danielle Smith was a Calgary Herald columnist and TV host of the national news show Global Sunday. For the past two years, she has been the Premier of Alberta, and now her UCP government is poised to decide whether or not to obliterate the civil legal rights of Albertans injured by reckless drivers.
Two decades ago, McCourt Law Offices firm founder and principal counsel Mark McCourt was named one of Alberta’s 50 Most Influential People, in recognition of his work as a leading advocate for the civil legal rights of Albertans injured by reckless drivers. Since last year's provincial election, Mr. McCourt has continued his tireless advocacy, writing a number of blog posts on this website as well as guest columns in both the Calgary Herald and the Edmonton Journal. For your ease of reference, here they are:
Edmonton Journal
Calgary Herald
MLO Blog Posts
Over to you, Premier -- and remember what you wisely wrote in your column 21 years ago: Victims first: caps on injury must be dropped.
About the author: Lawyer Mark McCourt worked in the Alberta Attorney General's Constitutional Law Department in the 1980s, earned his law degree from the University of Alberta in 1990, became a member of the Alberta bar in 1991 and founded auto accident injury law firm McCourt Law Offices in 1995.