New report calls on Alberta to reverse insurance changes
A new report is urging the Alberta government to scrap its “Care-first” insurance system before it even starts next year, warning that the plan will effectively strip Albertans of their right to sue.
A new report is urging the Alberta government to scrap its “Care-first” insurance system before it even starts next year, warning that the plan will effectively strip Albertans of their right to sue those responsible for causing them harm.
The legal firm Brownlee LLP said it is still possible for the provincial government to “reverse course on its decision to implement the new legislation,” arguing that it “takes away the foundational tort right to compensate the victim by putting them in the same financial position they would have been in but for the accident.”
