Coroner’s inquest once again mandatory for in-custody deaths

The province is repealing its recent changes to legislation on the Coroners Act.

On Monday it was announced that once again it will be mandatory for the coroner’s office to investigate all in-custody deaths.

Last month the province announced that it would not be mandatory for the Chief Coroner to investigate all in-custody deaths.

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“It certainly became quite evident that there are people who have perspectives on this issue that we didn’t hear from and hearing their perspective on it especially from families who have had the unfortunate circumstances of having a death of a loved one in custody,” said Justice Minister Gordon Wyant.

“We have heard those voices and now we think at least the appropriate thing to do is to make sure there is a full public inquest of all in-custody deaths.”

When the province first made the decision for the coroners act they were hoping to reduce the amount of public inquests for the coroner’s office.