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Organization Legal Name*

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Name of Director with Signing Authority Who is Submitting This Form*

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Pledge of Support

Signing Authority*

I consent that I have organization signing authority to pledge support of the BC Wrongful Death Law Reform Society's call for legislative modernization;

Review of Proposed Legislation*

I have read the Wrongful Death Accountability Act Briefing Note;

Scope of Existing Legislation*

I understand that currently only those who meet the criteria of having both an income plus dependents have worth under the law, leaving everyone else essentially FREE to wrongfully kill in BC;

Vulnerable Groups*

I understand that this especially affects vulnerable groups such as children, seniors, and the disabled;

Access to Justice*

I understand that when someone has no value under the law, their surviving family members cannot access justice and hold wrongdoers accountable;

Jurisdiction*

I understand that BC is the last province yet to modernize this critical provincial legislation;

Impact of New Legislation*

I understand that in BC, critical general deterrence and incentive mechanisms are missing that would otherwise prevent unnecessary wrongful deaths in the future and make our province safer with these legislative protections;

Use of Name & Materials*

I consent to the BC Wrongful Death Law Reform Society using my organization's name, logo, and description to be featured on the 'In Their Name' website and distribution materials as a Coalition Member in support of this legislative modernization;

Announcement to Government*

I consent to an email being sent to the Premier and Attorney General and the following Ministers' offices pledging my organization's support of this legislative modernization stating the following:

Dear Premier Horgan, Attorney General Eby, Minister of Health Adrian Dix, Minister of Public Safety & Solicitor General Mike Farnworth;

This email is being sent on behalf of [Organization Legal Name] as a Coalition Member of the BC Wrongful Death Law Reform Society.

[Organization Legal Name] has a reach of [Number of Members or Reach] people.

In our province, only the families of deceased breadwinners see the inside of a courtroom in cases of wrongful death.

BC’s current Family Compensation Act only takes into account the direct financial losses resulting from death. Children, seniors and people with disabilities, who may not represent a financial loss that is immediately measurable, are classes of people whose lives are not valued or respected when they are killed in BC.

This is a human rights issue.

Investigations into the wrongful death of a child, an elderly person, or someone with a disability most often do not occur because there is no ‘loss of earnings’ to cover trial costs.

Unlike other provinces in Canada, many of your constituents are considered “worthless” under the discriminatory law in our province.

The BC Wrongful Death Law Reform Society has drafted legislation that can solve this problem now.

What will you do to create a fair and adequate wrongful death law in BC?

Yours Truly,

[Name of Director With Signing Authority]
[Director Position]
[Organization Legal Name]
[Address]

cc: Interim Liberal Leader Shirley Bond, Liberal Critic for Attorney General Mike de Jong, Liberal Critic for Public Safety & Solicitor General Mike Morris, BC Greens Leader Sonia Furstenau

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