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?
They looked at USA’s ongoing dumpster fire to the south and said “that looks nice and warm.”
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.
The first PM to do this was Mulroney with Reagan (and his -nomics bs that’s led us to this hellscape).
If we had been smarter back then we never would have elected that idjit in the first place. All he did was follow Reagan around like a lap dog.
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.
You think you have it bad? I’m from Texas and can’t afford to leave!
I’m hoping it’s just political grand-standing fluff and no (further) damage to the health system. You can already refuse vaccines.
That said, employers requiring vaccination as condition of employment outside of some select sectors during COVID did feel like a line was crossed
How is that even possible? Are restrictions on firearms a provincial matter instead of a federal one?
As far as I know its federal.
But now she’s laid the groundwork to blame the federal government for something she doesn’t have the jurisdiction to deal with in the first place.
Let’s not pretend that these people aren’t Ameriboo LARPers.
Alrighty, I live in BC. Next pandemic I vote we close the road passes to Alberta to anyone not vaccinated.
Why wait? Albertans are already a plague of assholery in BC.
Its almost like they don’t enjoy spending time in the wasteland they’ve created 🤔
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.
Solidarity.
That seems a little extreme. Just “involuntarily treat” everyone who crosses the border.
Stupid fascist fucker.
We have to stand up against this evil. March in the streets. Strike. Hold the line.
Cool but does it stop businesses. Can an employee say if you don’t have this shot you can’t work? Cause clients don’t want you.
Not…yet.
Let her put this into effect, and then watch for the ‘no persecution based on vaccine status’ rhetoric.
My lunatic anti-vax, anti-pharma, anti-government mother in Grande Prairie will eat this shit up.