The B.C. government's new legislation toughens sentences for several crimes and expands the burden of proof for bail.

British Columbia Premier David Eby said his government was not done yet advocating for the family of Kelowna woman Bailey McCourt, whose ex-husband was charged with murdering her hours after he was released on bail in July.

While federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser said Monday that B.C. government lobbying on the McCourt case was reflected in several elements of Canada’s new bail reform legislation, Eby acknowledged at a joint news conference on the new law that it did not include everything that the family or he wanted.

“We continue to advocate for the reforms the family is asking for, related to a presumption around first-degree murder,” Eby said. “We raised that with

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