Family Demands Swift Action on Unimplemented Inquest Recommendations
Monday, May 5, 2025, 3:21 pm
The Faqiri family, alongside civil liberty and mental health groups, is demanding that Ontario finally act on the 57 recommendations from a previous coroner’s inquest. Frustration over bureaucratic inaction has turned tragedy into a paperwork saga that’s testing everyone’s patience.
VANCOUVER - The families of three Indigenous females found dead in 2022 in British Columbia are demanding the province launch an inquest into the cases, saying there are many unanswered questions about the deaths.
In December 2023, inquest jurors issued 57 recommendations meant to improve oversight of the correctional service and access to mental health care within it.
The family of a mentally ill man who died in prison is demanding to know if the Ontario government has implemented any recommendations that came out of a coroner’s inquest. Several dozen civil liberty and mental health organizations have also demanded action from the province. In December 2023,…
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