BC Premier Speaks Out After Man Who Killed His Children Conditionally Discharged

B.C. Premier David Eby speaks to the media at a meeting of western premiers in Kananaskis, Atla., on May 25, 2026. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

B.C. Premier David Eby says Canada’s not-criminally-responsible system is re-victimizing victims and “not working,” in the wake of Allan Schoenborn recently being granted conditional discharge.

Schoenborn was found not criminally responsible (NCR) for murdering his three children in 2008 in Merritt, B.C., due to a mental disorder. He was granted a one-year conditional discharge by the British Columbia Review Board that took effect this week.