Opposition BC United seeks to prevent convicted dangerous offenders from name changes

British Columbia’s Opposition leader says community safety should come before protection of privacy rights for dangerous people.The public should know who is living in their community, BC United Leader Kevin Falcon said on Thursday after introducing proposed private-member’s legislation to automatically stop people convicted of dangerous offences from legally changing their names.He said he introduced the proposed bill to amend the Name Act after learning child-killer Allan Schoenborn was recently permitted to legally change his name.