The Lower Mainland Local Government Association had their Annual General Meeting on May 12, 2021 and we are pleased to announce that motion R4 Updating BC’s Wrongful Death Laws was passed!
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The Lower Mainland Local Government Association is having their Annual General Meeting on May 12, 2021. In their Annual Report & Resolutions Package, motion R4 Updating BC’s Wrongful Death Laws (page 34), which was initiated by the Vancouver City Council, is a up for endorsement to move onward to the UBCM Annual Conference. While local […]
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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!
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Vancouver City Councillor Pete Fry has put forth a motion for the Union of BC Municipalities to recommend to the province that our wrongful death laws be modernized so as to provide a foundation of “worth” under the law for everyone in the province of BC. A foundation of “worth” or “value” of human life would allow for access to justice, accountability to wrongdoers, and for us to prevent future wrongful deaths in the first place through financial deterrence.
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On February 1, 2021 our Society appeared for an interview with BC Opposition Attorney General Critic Mike de Jong, Ann Forry (Natasha’s Mom), and BC Wrongful Death Law Reform Society President, Michael-James Pennie. Tuff City Radio that broadcasts locally in Tofino, BC and streams online worldwide.
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