September 27, 2023
Latest Reconciliation Primers Explore Legal Pluralism
This September marks the 16 year anniversary of the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN Declaration) by the UN General Assembly. In 2019, the BC government committed in the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act to “take all measures necessary to ensure Read more…
August 14, 2023
BCLI Releases Reconciliation Primers
As part of the Reconciling Crown Legal Frameworks (RCLF) Program, we are happy to share that the BCLI has released two primers. These are the first in a series of primers aimed at providing information on law reform issues related to BC’s adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Read more…
February 3, 2023
Donor anonymity on the agenda for the January 2023 parentage committee meeting
BCLI’s Parentage Law Reform Project Committee recently considered donor anonymity. BC doesn’t have provisions on information about donors in its parentage legislation under part 3 of the Family Law Act. But access to information about donors is an issue that has risen in prominence as more and more children are Read more…
December 22, 2022
Parentage committee discusses inheritance and parentage for posthumously conceived children
In December, BCLI’s Parentage Law Reform Project Committee continued its discussion of posthumous conception. The committee focused on one issue relating to who can be named a parent for a posthumously conceived child under BC’s Family Law Act and two issues relating to inheritance for posthumously conceived children under BC’s Read more…
December 15, 2022
Parentage committee discusses parentage of posthumously conceived children
In November, BCLI’s Parentage Law Reform Project Committee started discussing the topic of posthumous conception. Posthumous conception occurs when a child is conceived using assisted reproduction after one of their parents has died. This can occur either through a person’s sperm or eggs being removed from their body after death, Read more…