The fight for a fair wrongful death law has generated considerable media attention in British Columbia. All major news sources, including CBC, CTV, Global, CKNW, the Vancouver Sun, and the Province have reported on the campaign, as well as local media throughout the province.
This news archive provides a history of the campaign. It demonstrates the need for a wrongful death law in BC that is just and equal—that is accessible to all British Columbians.
We put forth Freedom of Information Act requests to the Ministry of Attorney General, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, and the Office of the Premier in 2023. Finally, after nearly 3 years, and 2 Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner complaints we have now obtained the final set of heavily redacted records as of June 12, 2026. Things are bleak – the BC NDP failed to modernize BC’s wrongful death laws as promised within their last mandate of government – the records speak to these promises that were broken in documented format.
As the 2024 Provincial Election looms, David Eby & the BC NDP make a litany of promises to British Columbians. However, their promises to modernize BC’s wrongful death laws within their 2020-2024 mandate of government have proven false.
The Conservative Party of BC has endorsed the Wrongful Death Accountability Act, promising to enact it as a priority in their legislative agenda if they are elected in the 2024 BC Provincial Election.
The parents of toddler Ocean have learned that their daughter’s life is worth less than a car. Each parent gets $14,918 for the death of child from ICBC. They cannot sue the insurer in this province.
But other provinces have the different rules and a group that wants to change B.C. laws is hoping high profile cases will help change the law.
The MLA for Peace River South has introduced “Logan’s Law,’ a private member’s bill named in memory of Logan Power.
The bill is aimed at reforming the Family Compensation Act in British Columbia to provide justice for families of victims killed by the careless or intentional acts of others.