Blog post by Zachary Weeks, explaining the full, negative impacts of Bill 12 on disabled Albertans, in plain, understandable text. Includes some action items at the end.

https://www.zacharyweeks.ca/blog/bill-12-aish-to-adap

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Bill 13, or the Regulated Professions Neutrality Act, was introduced to the Legislature, and passed first reading.

Essentially, it seeks to protect working professionals, across a variety of sectors, from dismissal over their opinions and beliefs.

On the surface, this seens like a good thing, but if you dig a little bit deeper, then some concerning exceptions begin to pop up. AGAIN: they seem reasonable on the surface, until you remember who's running the show who's making these decisions, who has easier access to large media platforms to help influence a decision, and the ways that those running the show have twisted certain words to mean things they aren't supposed to mean.

Fascists. I'm done sugarcoating. I'm talking about fascists and their supporters. I'm also talking about how they have twisted words/actions/states of being to mean things that they never meant, or they get twisted to make themselves the soft uwu victim.

(So, like, "advocating for/joking about antifascist community self-defense" becomes "threatening those with a different worldview." "Being queer/trans and not hiding it" is seen as an act of sexual deviancy. "Supporting queer/trans kids in a hostile environment" becomes "grooming children." We've all seen it play out over the years; this is just a refresher.)

From Field Law - a list of exceptions to the bill, under which somebody could be terminated for their opinions or beliefs.

Remember what I said above: it all sounds perfectly reasonable on the surface, until you remember who is running the show...

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A regulator may not sanction expressive conduct outside the practice of the profession unless: A statute expressly authorizes discipline outside the practice of the profession, and the conduct falls into a narrow list of permitted grounds, including:

• Threats of physical violence.
• Misuse of professional position with the intention of causing harm to an identifiable person.
• Expressive conduct that has resulted in a criminal conviction.
• Boundary violations involving clients, patients, students, or their families.
• Sexualized expressive conduct involving clients, patients, students, the families of these individuals, minors, or individuals encountered through professional practice.
• Sexualized communications to minors or students.
• Distribution of sexual images intended for minors/students or distributed on non-adult-restricted platforms.

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https://www.fieldlaw.com/insights/publication/an-overview-of-the-regulated-professions-neutrality-act-and-what-it-means-for-regulators

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