Reports

In Their Name: The Call for a Wrongful Death Act in BC - January 2008

CANF, the Trial Lawyers Association of BC and BC Coalition of People with Disabilities (BCCPD) are seeking a new wrongful death act in British Columbia. In Their Name is a BCCPD report on this issue. A new act is needed to enable family members, who suffer the loss of a loved one due to the harmful actions of others, to obtain a full measure of justice. The first part of the report documents the stories of four families. The second looks at the Family Compensation Act from the community's perspective and offers a proposal for a new wrongful death act in British Columbia.

Additional material:

• See a June 19, 2008 media release: Surviving Family Members Call for a Wrongful Death Act.

See BC Law Means Hospitals Don't Pay for
Fatal Mistakes (December 2007) on the CBC News website at
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/12/19/bc-wrongfuldeath.html.

Articles and Letters

Response to Consultation on Family Compensation Act Reform - August 29, 2007

Letter to BC's Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General, Re: British Columbia's Family Compensation Act - October 4, 2006

Report on Family Compensation Act - updated March 2006

Auto Insurance Improvements for BC: The Premier Option (circulated in May 1997) Report Card to Present Day - May 31, 2006

Changing BC's Civil Liability Laws? The Attorney General has better options available to him...
September 2003 - prepared by Consumer Advocacy and Support for Homeowners Society, a CANF Member Group

Letter to Minister Rich Coleman, June 19, 2003 (PDF)

Letter to Premier Gordon Campbell, June 11, 2003 (PDF)

Letter to the Editor, Surrey Now and Delta Optimist, week of April 9, 2003 (PDF)

Letter to the Editor, Delta Optimist, April 4, 2003 (PDF)

Letter to the Editor, The Vancouver Sun, Dec/02

Drivers, Passengers, Pedestrians - All Best Beware in BC

Letter to The Honourable Maynard Sonntag
MLA Saskatchewan, Mar. 12/02 (PDF)

Letter to ICBC Chairman, Mr. Nicholas Geer, Feb. 12/02 (PDF)

Letter to all BC MLAs, Feb. 7/02 (PDF)

Archives

Limitation Act Review, April 2007

Limitation Act Review, Case Examples, April 2007

Auto Insurance Improvements for BC: The Premier Option, May 1997 (PDF)

Critique of the Doug Allen Review Team's Findings, March 1997 (PDF)

10 Facts About No-Fault (PDF)

Other

Case Examples

McDonald's Coffee
Myer and Kemppainen

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