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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.

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Global News: Keeping up the pressure to change law around wrongful deaths

May 13, 2023   British Columbia, Children, Get Involved, Law Reform, Medical Malpractice, Negligence, Public Response, Wrongful Death in the Media

For years, some B.C.families who’ve lost loved ones in wrongful deaths have been calling for change — demanding the provincial government alter the laws that prevent them from seeking accountability.

As Paul Johnson reports, they’re still keeping up the pressure — despite no sign that their pleas will be answered anytime soon.

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Ici Radio Canada: Grieving families seek compensation after wrongful loss of loved one

May 13, 2023   British Columbia, Get Involved, In Their Name News, Law Reform, Public Response, Wrongful Death in the Media

About 50 people marched in Vancouver on Saturday to demand compensation after the loss of a family member.

They are asking the Premier of British Columbia, David Eby, to modernize the law called the Family Compensation Act, which governs compensation after a death deemed wrongful.

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Hamyaari Media: The need for support for families affected by wrongful death legislation in British Columbia

May 12, 2023   British Columbia, Get Involved, In Their Name News, Law Reform, Public Response, Wrongful Death in the Media

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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Press Release: 2nd Annual Mothers for Justice Memorial Walk on May 13, 2023

May 9, 2023   British Columbia, Children, Elder Abuse, Get Involved, In Their Name News, Law Reform, Medical Malpractice, Negligence, Public Response, Senior Care, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Death in the Media

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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