PROSECUTING ADDICTION –
May 6, 2025 – Ms Letourneau doesn’t just speak about addiction – she dissects it with the precision of a lawyer and the vulnerability of someone who’s lived through its darkest corners. As counsel with the Ministry of Natural Resources legal services branch, she occupies a demanding role in corporate commercial law.
But behind her daily work on contracts is a decade-long battle with alcohol addiction – one she now shares openly in a profession that rarely allows space for imperfection.
Letourneau’s legal career began in government and largely stayed there. “I do primarily procurements, transfer payments and other corporate commercial agreements… mostly related to construction, large infrastructure projects on Crown land,” she says. Her path into public service wasn’t originally intended. “When I went to law school, I initially wanted to do immigration and refugee law… but I ended up being a research assistant for my environmental law professor,” she says, noting the experience influenced her career trajectory.
