A law that many British Columbians are not aware of, and according to which if a person dies in our province due to the negligence of another, if the deceased person is not the breadwinner of the family, his family has no right to sue the guilty person or organization.
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Our upcoming 2ND ANNUAL MOTHERS FOR JUSTICE MEMORIAL WALK will be held on Saturday, May 13th at 1PM.
We will have the surviving families of the wrongfully killed speak and then be led by bagpiper, Rich Nichol, to Premier Eby’s constituency office, where we will place upon his office window the photos of our wrongfully killed loved ones with roses laid beneath them.
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Revisiting the 1st Annual Mothers for Justice Memorial Walk on Saturday 7th May 2022.
The Memorial Walk started at McBride Park in Vancouver’s West Side, with bereaved family members speaking about the wrongful deaths of their loved ones.
With the accompaniment of bagpiper Rich Nichol, the Memorial Walk proceeded to the office of then Attorney-General David Eby to leave photos of their loved ones on the windows of his office.
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You are cordially invited to attend the 2nd Annual Mothers for Justice Memorial Walk on May 13th, 2023, 1PM PST at McBride Park, 3350 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia.
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The Supreme Court of Canada set the punitive damages criteria/limit in Canada in the precedent-setting case of Whiten v. Pilot Insurance Co.
The initial case was heard in the Ontario Supreme Court, and Whiten was awarded one million dollars in punitive damages. Pilot Insurance appealed the case to the Ontario Court of Appeal, in which the punitive damages award was reduced to $100,000. Whiten then appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada, in which the SCC restored the initial one million dollars in punitive damages awarded.
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