Premier Danielle Smith says she plans to reinforce the right to decide whether to receive a vaccination or other medical procedure in changes to the Alberta Bill of Rights.
Premier Danielle Smith says she plans to reinforce the right to decide whether to receive a vaccination or other medical procedure in changes to the Alberta Bill of Rights.
In an online video posted Tuesday, Smith said her government aims to amend the document in a few weeks to ensure people have the right to make informed decisions without fear of undue pressure or interference by the government.
"It is my firm conviction that no Albertan should ever be subjected (to) or pressured into accepting a medical treatment without their full consent," she said.
The changes outlined by Smith would also ensure the province respects "the right of individuals to legally acquire, keep and safely use firearms."
No comments on what this would do to Alberta's already failing health are system as people refuse vaccinations for deadly diseases om the basis that a random internet stranger said they should? No?
Conservatives have adopted the franchise model and applied it to politics. They conform themselves to head office (in this case Republicans in the US) and get to piggy back off the propaganda that gets put out by them. The US being the media powerhouse that it is, it's pretty effective. Alberta is the most obvious example of this.
Having lived through the Trump years in the USA I do not grok how anyone can think it a proper way to run a government. It was not even the proper way to run a trash fire.
I'm very libertarian (like the political stance, not the party) but even I don't see a problem with an employer requiring a vaccination. Every site I work at requires people to be vaccinated against Covid among other things. Why would my employer not require the vaccination?
As a plus, it let us prune a couple of antivax idiots from our ranks.
Come on BC, pitting us against you is exactly the way they accumulate more power.
John Rustad doesn't believe that COVID is a serious disease, regrets his COVID vaccine (sorry, "so-called vaccine"), supports anti-LGBTQ2+ agendas, doesn't believe in climate change, and...has a good shot of being your next premier.
You're in the same boat as us - christofascists controlling the narrative, then controlling the government, then the media, then our bodies and our lives. By lashing out at "stupid redneck Albertans" you're wasting effort that should be spent taking down the people pushing this narrative. Meanwhile, we're wasting effort defending ourselves (and counterattacking), instead of ... that's right - taking down the people pushing this narrative.
BC and Alberta together. And Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, the other four provinces and three territories - we need to STAND TOGETHER AGAINST FASCISM, and not let them drive wedges between us.