The Lower Mainland Local Government Association is having their Annual General Meeting on May 12, 2021. Motion R4, Updating BC’s Wrongful Death Laws (page 34), which was initiated by the Vancouver City Council, is up for endorsement to move onward to the UBCM Annual Conference.
We’re pleased to share that MLA Doug Routley of Nanaimo-North Cowichan has come out in support of his constituent Sharon Andersen and our Society’s goals to modernize BC’s wrongful death laws!
“The mother of a young woman who died in Lions Gate Hospital last fall after her fourth emergency room visit in ten days is joining 13 other B.C. families to call for reform to what they claim are outdated wrongful death laws in our province.” – Aaron McArthur, Global News
Family members say lost loved ones are ‘worthless’ under B.C. law in emotional PSA.
A 30-second public service announcement by the B.C. Wrongful Death Law Reform Society shows 14 grieving family members holding photos of lost loved ones, part of a campaign to overhaul the province’s Family Compensation Act.
The motion to have the Union of BC Municipalities recommend to the province to modernize BC’s wrongful death laws has passed Vancouver City Council with a unanimous decision in favour!
2024 Election – David Eby & the BC NDP have failed to keep their promise to modernize BC’s wrongful death laws within their 2020-2024 mandate of government.
John Rustad and the Conservative Party of BC have committed to modernize if elected.