#bill 18

Some health-care workers who either directly provide medical assistance in dying or work in that field say they are strongly opposed to Bill 18 — which, if passed, would prevent doctors or nurse practitioners from administering MAID to patients if they are unlikely to die within the next 12 months.

In a letter published in the Edmonton Journal on Friday and shared with CBC News, 25 health-care workers signed their names to make their opposition known.

Proposed voter ID restrictions will not only stop many Albertans from participating in local elections, but taken in the context of other "democratically questionable moves in Bill 20 and Bill 18" it is a sign of growing threats to "core democratic values" in the province, says University of Alberta political scientist Jared Wesley.

Alberta's election guidelines allow voters who don't have identification to be vouched for by someone in the same voting area who has approved ID and signs a declaration stating they personally know the other voter and can verify their eligibility and address.

Changes to the Local Authorities Election Act (LAEA) introduced in Bill 20 would prohibit the use of vouching in municipal elections except to verify an address, such as cases where a driver's license lists a post office box instead of a home address.

Wesley said the move is concerning from a democratic inclusiveness standpoint, because the people who don't have voter ID are usually the most marginalized in our community. [...]

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https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-restrictions-medical-assistance-dying-maid-terminal-illness

Alberta has introduced legislation that will add restrictions to medical assistance in dying (MAID).

The legislation tabled on Wednesday, if passed, would prohibit those with mental illness as their “sole underlying condition” from accessing MAID. To access MAID, an individual’s “natural death” has to happen within 12 months and would introduce mandatory sanctions against health care professionals who’ve violated the legislation.

Premier Danielle Smith said her government is prepared to defend the bill if it is challenged in court and says she fully anticipates the legislation will become law in Alberta. She said MAID should be limited to terminal illness.

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Canadian government: Religious freedom for all!!

People: Yay! I will love you! And I will love you! Oh, and you! Eh yeah, no, not you though. Actually I’m going to hate you. But not you! I will love you! And you too!

Canadian Government: Whoa, Whoa, whoa, back the fuck up there. You can’t hate that person.

People: Yes I can, I have religious freedom to hate them.

Canadian Government: Yeah no you can’t do that. Stop it, and stop it now.

People: NOOOOOOOOO yoU’RE TAKING AWAY MY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM!!!!!!

Canadian Government: SHUT DA FUCK UP OR ELSE I’LL PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE AND SAY THAT IT’S PART OF MY RELIGION AND THAT I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO DO SO!!

These are a series of messages between myself and a friend about Bill 18. She sent me this: http://www.upworthy.com/a-stand-up-comedian-sums-up-the-gay-rights-debate-in-30-seconds Sherrie-Lee R Chiarot: Anybody who uses the bible or Christianity as a reason for their homophobia is a moron who doesn't understand scripture. Scripture is contextual. It was written at a specific time period. Take tattoos: I got a tattoo, and somebody at booth commented. They used Leviticus 19:28. Well, just a few verses before that, it says that you can't eat any fruit of vegetables that haven't been cultivated for something like 3 or 4 years. The bible also says, 100% more explicitly than "being gay is bad" (because the bible doesn't say that at all), that people should love one another. So by being homophobic, and NOT loving one another, they're breaking that. For as many bible verses there are that MIGHT, OUT OF CONTEXT be taken to say that homosexuality is a sin, there are double that which DIRECTLY state that those people who judge others or are cruel to the oppressed are sinners themselves. People who call themselves "Christian" and then uses arguments that aren't even from the bible that they claim to so closely follow, are hypocritical idiots who need to grow the fuck up and get educated Friend: Pastor Ray HOLLA!!!!!!!!! http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/sermon-rips-anti-bullying-bill-195817061.html

I don't normally post things like this.  But,  it's something that has hit far too close to home for me.

Essentially,  there is a large population in my community that has took a stand against a anti-bullying bill because it requires any school to support a GSA if a student asks for one.  They are saying that this bill takes away their religious freedom. As someone is an avid LGBTQ supporter this makes my stomach turn.

So please, take a second to sign the petition and even reblog.

I rarely do this because I like to keep my irl and online life separate, but this is far more important.  Again please, take just a second to sign this petition to help support Bill 18 an Anti-bullying bill.