June 30, 2021
A closer look at the Report on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act: Emotional harm
This post is part of a series highlighting recommendations in the Report on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act. For other posts in the series click here. Should the ground for protection relating to emotional harm of a child be expanded from circumstances in which a child is Read more…
June 16, 2021
A closer look at the Report on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act: Promoting contact
This post is part of a series highlighting recommendations in the Report on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act. For other posts in the series click here. Should the Child, Family and Community Service Act be amended to adopt new provisions promoting contact between children and their parents, Read more…
June 14, 2021
Quick facts about the Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act Project
Project overview term: 1 September 2018 to 31 May 2021 14 project committee members total over project term 19 project committee meetings 39 recommendations for reform Publications one final report one study paper one consultation paper 7 backgrounders 2 media releases 31 blog posts (25 during project term) Public engagement 48 Read more…
May 27, 2021
A closer look at the Report on Pension Division: Locked-in retirement accounts and life income funds
This post is part of a series highlighting key recommendations in the Report on Pension Division: A Review of Part 6 of the Family Law Act. For other posts in the series click here. Brief description of the issue Since the advent of the Family Law Act, case law has consistently Read more…
May 25, 2021
New BCLI publications call for reforms to the child protection framework and review of legislation on youth aging into the community
The British Columbia Law Institute has just published the Report on Modernizing the Child, Family and Community Service Act and the Study Paper on Youth Aging into the Community. With these two publications the work of BCLI’s Child Protection Project Committee has drawn to a close. This committee met 19 Read more…