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Under BC civil law, the value of human life is measured only by the victim’s future lost income if they have dependent children.
Published June 24, 2023 • Last updated 4 days ago • 4 minute read
Dean and Tara Stroup with a photo of their daughter Madeline, who died after a car crash in 2019. Tara Stroup is advocating to change BC’s wrongful death laws to allow families of victims to receive compensation. Photo by NICK PROCAYLO / PNG /PNGs
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Tara Stroup lives “one thought away” from tears.
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New rules prohibiting wage-fixing and no-poaching agreements kick in Friday in an effort to crack down on companies undermining competition at employees’ expense.
Here is what employers and employees need to know about the new rules:
What is the new law?
As of June 23, it is a criminal offense for two or more employers to form deals that fix, maintain, decrease or control wages. The same goes for agreements that prevent companies from hiring or soliciting each other’s employees.
It comes after the federal government made amendments to the Competition Act’s conspiracy provision in June 2022 as part of…
Reforms lower entry requirements for work visas according to professional qualifications, age and language skills.
The German parliament has approved immigration reforms designed to attract skilled workers to the country, which is suffering from an unprecedented labor shortage.
The legislation – initiated by the governing centre-left coalition of the Social Democrats, the liberal Free Democrats and the Greens – on Friday garnered 388 votes while 234 lawmakers voted against it and 31 abstained.
A conservative parliamentary bloc made up of the Christian Democratic Union and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, voted against the legislation, arguing that it…
In Australia, family law dictates some important timelines to be aware of. If you have been in a de facto relationship, you have two years from the date of separation to finalize your financial settlement (also known as a property settlement). If you have been married, you have one year from the date your divorce has been granted (a divorce can only be applied for 1 year after the date of separation).
This illustrates how easy the timelines for people to separate financially can expand considerably. This is why reaching an agreement is important. And not just an informal agreement…
The passage of the federal government’s controversial Online News Act has highlighted division over the law as tech giant Meta said it will block news on its social media platforms in response to the legislation.
Bill C-18 received royal assent after a final vote in the Senate on Thursday. The law will compel certain tech companies to pay for news content that they share on their platforms.
Meta announced in a news release following the act’s passage that it will block news for Canadian users in order to comply with the law, and will do so before C-18 comes into…
Geneva (AFP) – The Swiss, feeling the impact of global warming on their rapidly melting glaciers, were voting on Sunday on a new climate bill aimed at steering the country towards carbon neutrality.
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Recent opinion polls indicate strong support for the proposed law, which would require Switzerland to slash its dependence on imported oil and gas, scaling up the development and use of greener and more home-grown alternatives.
But the backing slipped in the most recent survey by pollster gfs.bern, although remaining at 63 percent in favor, amid claims by the populist…
KAMPALA, Uganda –
Washington on Friday announced it was imposing visa restrictions for Ugandans that accuse of “undermining the democratic process” in Uganda after the enactment of an anti-gay law in the East African country.
A statement from the State Department did not name any targeted individuals.
It said the US will consider other possible actions “to promote accountability for Ugandan officials and other individuals responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic process in Uganda, abusing human rights, including those of LGBTQI+ persons, or engaging in corrupt practices.”
Uganda’s new law, adopted last month, punishes homosexuality, including with the…
WARNING: This story contains distressing details.
The bodies of two Innu infants who died of whooping cough in a hospital in Baie-Comeau in 1970 are going to be exhumed, a first for Quebec’s new law designed to help Indigenous families get answers about children who died alone in clinics or hospitals.
“It’s quite incredible to believe that some families have been looking for answers for more than 40 years,” Ian Lafrenière, the CAQ minister responsible for relations with First Nations and Inuit, told CBC in an interview Thursday.
I feel so guilty for leaving my child. I experienced shame, guilt…