I just read an ad for a seminar about estate planning that says the most Canadians do not have a proper Living Will. Should I be getting a living will?

Living Wills are not legally recognized in BC. What a living will can do is to provide an expression of your wishes for your representative (under a representation agreement), your family and your friends. If your intent is to have a document in place that allows your family or friends to make medical decisions for you, that document would be a representation agreement, not a Living Will.  Other documents related to medical decisions are Advance Directives which we can certainly discuss with you and DNR’s (do not resuscitate) which you could discuss with your doctor.