October 20, 2021
B.C. Government implements BCLI recommendations on child employment
Young people working in British Columbia will benefit from recent changes in employment standards meant to bring the province in line with international standards for children’s work. On 15 October 2021, the B.C. government implemented revisions to B.C. employment standards in line with recommendations contained in the BCLI’s 2018 Report Read more…
October 5, 2021
Reflecting All Families – discussing the gaps and needs to transform and review legal parentage on CBA BC’s Bartalk
“Family law and fertility law will need to be proactive to meet the future challenges of assisted human reproduction and to legally recognize the intention of people wanting more autonomy over their relationship and family making options.” – Zara Suleman. Zara Suleman, who serves as the chair of BCLI’s Review Read more…
September 29, 2021
Orders declaring parentage and role of best interests of the child taken up at September parentage committee meetings
BCLI’s Parentage Law Reform Project Committee held two meetings in September. Both meetings continued the committee’s focus on section 31 of the Family Law Act, which gives the court authority to make orders declaring parentage. While such orders aren’t required in British Columbia (in contrast to other provinces, which often have legislation Read more…
August 31, 2021
Parentage project committee continues its review of court declarations of parentage
At this month’s meeting of BCLI’s Parentage Law Reform Project Committee the committee continued its review of section 31 of the Family Law Act, which deals with the court’s powers to make an order declaring parentage. Since section 31 came into force, it has been the focus of many court decisions Read more…
July 29, 2021
Parentage project committee considers court declarations of parentage
BCLI’s Parentage Law Reform Project Committee has been meeting monthly over the course of this year. At its most recent meeting—held in July 2021—it completed its overview of the legal, medical, and social dimensions of parentage, by examining processes for surrogacy, donors, and multi-parent families. In the meeting, the committee also Read more…