The lawsuit also alleges that the RCMP failed to properly carry out its duties and failed to remove the suspect from the bus, thereby allegedly allowing him to "defile" the body of the deceased. The lawyers said they hope the suit will force Greyhound to implement a safety plan, and force the government to hold the company to it. "The government of Canada has a duty and obligation to make sure that everyone who travels - be that on a bus, on a train, on an airplane - should be afforded the same safety and security," added Norm Boudreau, Prober's legal colleague on the suit. "It's people often who can't afford to take a plane, who can't afford to take the train, who can't afford to buy a car or pay for the gas nowadays, that take a bus. And why should they be discriminated against?" he said. Prober said the federal agencies have failed to regulate safety on buses, and it's a socio-economic issue. It's about ensuring that they get answers to questions that they haven't been getting answers to." "There's no security in place," said Jay Prober, one of the lawyers for the family. Lawyers for the family said the lawsuit is about forcing policy changes, not about financial gain. "That portion of the lawsuit, in my estimation, would not likely generate further damages per se, but it could expose frailties or weaknesses in the policing and the enforcement," he said. Camp, a Vancouver lawyer who specializes in personal injury claims, said suing the federal government - and in particular the RCMP - likely won't result in much financial compensation for the McLean family. The family is seeking about $150,000 in damages, which would be distributed among 11 members of McLean's family. In the lawsuit filed Wednesday, the McLean family names the suspect in McLean's killing, Vince Weiguang Li, as well as Greyhound Canada, the federal ministries of Public Safety and Transportation, and the RCMP. (CBC)A legal expert says a lawsuit filed by the family of Tim McLean, who was brutally killed on a Greyhound Bus in Manitoba in July, may force policy changes, but it's unlikely to garner much in the way of financial compensation. “It seems PETA’s taking advantage of the situation and connecting two things that are maybe not so related.Dawn breaks over the Greyhound bus near Portage la Prairie, Man., on July 31, the morning after Tim McLean, 22, was killed. ![]() “This is about a human life that was lost, and sadly lost, a very innocent person.” “This is not about animals,” one local argued. Reaction on the streets of Toronto was largely negative. Tara Seel won’t give specifics about why her publication won’t accept the spot, but there’s no escaping the irony in the name of the paper the controversial group wanted to run it in: The Daily Graphic. PETA was actually trying to place the ad in a local Portage La Prairie newspaper but its editor is refusing to even consider the idea. But some think they’ve gone overboard and that the idea is in terrible taste – including residents where the headline-making crime took place. She insists the ad is meant to stir controversy and raise awareness of the casualness with which society tolerates animal cruelty. “We are challenging everyone who is rightly horrified by this crime to look into their hearts and consider leaving violence off their dinner plates.” ![]() “Like human victims, animals in slaughterhouses experience terror when they are attacked by a knife-wielding assailant,” Lindsay Rajt explains in a statement. “If this ad leaves a bad taste in your mouth, please give a thought to what sensitive animals think and feel when they come to the end of their frightening journey and see, hear and smell the slaughterhouse,” the campaign concludes.Ī group spokesperson is unapologetic. Meanwhile PETA, which is famous for its sometimes excessive attempts to make a point, believes it’s done just that. The accused, Vince Weiguang Li, has said little during recent court appearances and has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric assessment. The reference is to a murder onboard a Portage La Prairie bus, where 22-year-old Tim McLean was beheaded by another passenger sitting near him. “The man with the knife shows no emotion … the victim is slaughtered and his head cut off … his flesh is eaten.” “His struggles and cries are ignored,” it reads. ![]() The ad makes reference to an innocent victim’s throat being cut and compares it to the way chickens, cows and pigs are killed on factory farms. Opinions are divided over an ad created by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals that plays off of the horrific beheading on a Manitoba bus last week. Is it a clever way to make a point – or extremely bad taste and terrible timing?
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