Chilliwack-Hope MP Mark Strahl introduced a private memberB次元官网网址檚 motion in the House of Commons to create a missing-person alert for adults on Monday (Nov. 27).
The motion supports the work of Alina Durham, mother of Shaelene Keeler Bell, a 23-year-old Chilliwack mom who went missing on Jan. 30, 2021. Bell was in the Fraser River near Coquitlam.
B次元官网网址淭o honour ShaeleneB次元官网网址檚 memory IB次元官网网址檝e introduced a private memberB次元官网网址檚 motion M-89 which calls on the government to work with the provinces and territories to expand protections for victims of crime over the age of 18 by amending the criteria for the activation of an Amber Alert for missing persons,B次元官网网址� Strahl said in the House on Nov. 27.
Alina Durham has been working to honour her daughter ShaeleneB次元官网网址檚 memory by advocating for changes to the way the AMBER Alert system works.
B次元官网网址� Mark Strahl, MP (@markstrahl)
I highlighted my motion, M-89, in Parliament which calls for federal leadership to allow AMBER Alerts for missing adults in Canada.
B次元官网网址淚 cried when I watched Mark. I am so grateful that this is being taken seriously. My biggest wish now is to see the Amber Alert expanded for all adults,B次元官网网址� Durham said.
She has been trying for nearly two and a half years to get the criteria changed in the Amber Alert to include adults who go missing under suspicious circumstances and are at risk of imminent danger or death.
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B次元官网网址淎lina has used her personal tragedy to draw attention to a gap in CanadaB次元官网网址檚 missing persons protocols. Right now, Amber Alerts are only issued if the victim is under the age of 18. There is no Amber Alert system for adults.B次元官网网址�
Durham started collecting pen-on-paper signatures around Canada Day. People can also sign it electronically. To sign the e-petition, download the PDF form (below), sign it, save it, and then email it to Chilliwack-Kent MLA Kelli Paddon at kelli.paddon.mla@leg.bc.ca.
Additionally, hard copies of the petition are available to sign at the following locations in Chilliwack: DukeB次元官网网址檚 Country Pub (41582 Yale Rd.), Major League Taphouse (45768 Gaetz St.), Fabutan (104-45655 Tamihi Way), and CorkyB次元官网网址檚 Irish Pub (3-45844 Yale Rd.).
B次元官网网址淭hank you to everybody who helped and those who signed the petition we all made it to the House of Commons today,B次元官网网址� Durham wrote in a social media post on Nov. 27.
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