Is she playing hardball? Is she calling their bluff?

“We’re challenging the insurance companies and we’re challenging the trial lawyers. Make this work because if you don’t there’s the next logical step.

“I don’t want to do that. I prefer free enterprise.”

The words are those of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.

What the premier is talking about is the government’s plan for a new auto insurance system in 2027, one laying out the amounts to be paid out for injuries and other costs because of auto accidents but allowing fewer opportunities to sue.

The Smith government hopes there will be big savings for drivers in 2027. This is her solution for the auto insurance premium mess.

The next logical step for Smith if her solution fails. Government-run public auto insurance.

Meanwhile, insuran

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