Families of Nova Scotia men who died outside bars push to save bouncer law facing repeal

The families of two young men who died outside Halifax bars after altercations with bouncers implored lawmakers at a legislative committee hearing this week not to scrap a potentially life-saving law that has never been enacted and is at risk of being wiped off the books with newly proposed legislation.Lee Sawyer, whose son Ryan Sawyer died by homicide in 2022, pleaded with legislators to not let the bar bouncer law “fall victim to repeal,” to ensure no one else in the province dies under similar circumstances.