ACTION - 5 Minutes for Darrell Mickasko

Chief Coroner Terry Smith has not ruled out the possibility of a coroner’s inquest into the death of Darrell Mickasko, the homeless man who burned to death trying to keep warm last month.

Your taking five minutes to contact the Chief Coroner of B.C. to ask him to conduct a public inquest into Darrell’s death could make the difference between Darrell’s death being forgotten, or publicly examined with the aim of preventing future deaths like his in British Columbia.

If you can, and you care, please take the time to send a polite e-mail to the Chief Coroner, Mr. Terry Smith at Bc.corser@gov.bc.ca to ask that the Coroner’s Service conduct a public inquest into the death of Mr. Mickasko.

In your e-mail, you might consider mentioning:

• that as a member of the public, you do not want this tragic death to be overlooked;
• that Darrell’s death was preventable, and a public inquest will assist in preventing similar deaths from occurring in the future; and,
• that if people are dying on the streets as a result of homelessness, the public has a right to know of such deaths.
  

Thanks.