Alberta Tops Itself (and North America) Again With Bill 44
by: Mercedes
Sat May 23, 2009 at 17:34:47 PM EDT
http://pamshouseblend.com/diary/11126/alberta-tops-itself-and-north-america-again-with-bill-44On the heels of delisting Health Care funding for Gender Reassignment Surgery without consultation with the medical community, the Government has taken further ridiculous steps to alienate the closeted moderates in the Province. A small concession is being made in Human Rights legislation to finally include Sexual Orientation in the list of protected classes (which was ordered 11 years ago by the Supreme Court of Canada), but with regards to Gender Identity and Expression, we're being told, "hey, THIS took 11 years, so you'll just have to wait your turn" (in other words, under current direction, it won't happen in my lifetime). Plus, the Province is proposing legislation to sue criminals for the Health Care costs that result from crime, which violates the Canada Health Act, is probably unenforceable and is completely oblivious to the fact that poverty is what drives many people to crime in the first place.
And then, we have Bill 44.
