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As of this date, 07-09-18, this folder contains 4 items. ******* item 1 ALBERTA PHARMACIST VINDICATED FOR PRO-LIFE STAND ******* item 2 THE CLOSING DOWN OF FREE SPEECH? SURREY SCHOOL BOARD "GUILTY" OF DEMOCRATIC BEHAVIOUR ******* item 3 RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA ******* item 4 FAMILIES TO GET $1,000 FOR EVERY BABY BORN OR ADOPTED IN NEWFOUNDLAND, PREMIER PLEDGES ********************************************************************************************************* ******* item 1 ALBERTA PHARMACIST VINDICATED FOR PRO-LIFE STAND ******* 03-11-03 ******* By MIKE MASTROMATTEO ******* Special to The B.C. Catholic ******* A Calgary pharmacist has reached an agreement with her employer and the Alberta College of Pharmacists that will allow her to refrain from providing customers with prescriptions designed to terminate unborn human life. ******* Maria Bizecki of the Co-op Pharmacy in Calgary became the subject of an internal review by the Alberta College of Pharmacists last year after she refused to dispense the so-called �morning-after?pill and other products to which she is morally opposed. ******* Bizecki, who is active with an organization called Concerned Pharmacists for Conscience, has long been concerned with the right of pharmacists to refuse to have anything to do with products and services they find morally objectionable. She has been working to develop a conscience clause for pharmacists since 1996. ******* The agreement between Bizecki and her employer is a victory of sorts for pro-life pharmacists. Many such pharmacists have reservations about filling prescriptions or providing services that conflict with religious beliefs about the sanctity of human life. The morning-after pill is particularly troublesome for pro-life pharmacists because it can result in the killing of a baby in its embryo stage. ******* News of their Alberta colleague�s success in having her freedom to refuse to dispense abortion medications respected has heartened pro-life B.C. pharmacists, who have yet to be accorded the same rights by their own professional body. ******* Commenting on the decision, B.C. pharmacist Cristina Alarcon told The B.C. Catholic, �I think this is wonderful. It�s high time that the colleges recognize there needs to be freedom of conscience for their members. ******* �It�s essential in any society that purports to call itself democratic. This will be the 4th year in a row that we have lobbied the B.C. College of Pharmacists on the issue and challenged them to study our code of ethics to allow all pharmacists throughout B.C. to maintain their freedom of conscience in the working environment. ******* �I hope that Maria�s case will serve as an example to our college of how out of step they are in their current thinking.? ******* Gerald Chipeur, an attorney who represented Bizecki before the Alberta College of Pharmacists, told The B.C. Catholic that his client faced a number of complaints from her employer and from the college of pharmacists because of her decision to remain true to her religious convictions. ******* Rather than quietly filling prescriptions for such products, Bizecki preferred to advise customers to find another pharmacist who had no moral qualms about abortifacients. ******* �The complaints were made after a pro-choice organization published on the Internet the name of Bizecki and encouraged the public to make complaints to both her employer and the college (of pharmacists),?Chipeur said. �The complaints have caused Bizecki to incur significant legal expenses that she is currently just beginning to pay off.?******* An official with the Edmonton-based Alberta College of Pharmacists told The B.C. Catholic that Bizecki�s case was treated as an internal matter, rather than a full-fledged investigation. ******* �Our college has no record of an investigating committee being appointed to investigate the conduct of Maria Bizecki,?said Greg Eberhart, registrar of the Alberta pharmacists?college. �A preliminary investigation was conducted, for the purpose of determining �fact?with respect to a number of concerns that did come to our attention. Through this preliminary investigation, avenues to prevent such concerns in the future were addressed with Bizecki.? ******* Eberhart said that because the matter �was satisfactorily resolved in the absence of a formal investigation,?it is not a matter of public record and the college is unable to comment on specifics of the case. ******* However, Chipeur said that while Bizecki is pleased that complaints made to the College were not taken to the level of formal charges, they did result in �significant disruption?of her career. Bizecki was suspended with pay for over a year while the Calgary Co-op looked into the matter. ******* She was reinstated by the pharmacy after an accommodation for her religious beliefs was negotiated with Calgary Co-op. ******* According to Chipeur, the agreement recognizes that patients will occasionally request services or products requiring the pharmacist to participate in activity that the pharmacist finds incompatible with his or her moral or religious beliefs. In Bizecki�s case, the Calgary Co-op agreed that when faced with a morally objectionable situation, a pro-life pharmacist would be allowed to step back and allow a colleague to provide the product or service in question. ******* Chipeur suggested that the agreement among Bizecki, her employer, and the Alberta College of Pharmacists could set a significant precedent in Canada for health-care workers. �The accommodation that has been developed allows the public to exercise choice with respect to health-care services without requiring Bizecki to give up her choice to follow the Bible and the commandments of God,?he said. ******* In previous interviews with Lifesite News Service, Bizecki has been outspoken about the need for a conscience clause for pro-life pharmacists. ******* She has also said that protecting conscience rights of pharmacists does not appear to be a priority for provincial colleges of pharmacists that license the profession, or for the associations that represent them. ******* �There is total freedom for women who want easier access to pills that kill their children, but no freedom for pharmacists,?Bizecki has told Lifesite. ******* She also suggested that an individual pharmacist refusing to dispense the morning-after pill or other contraceptives would not prevent that same patient from going elsewhere to get them. ******* Morning-after pill advocates, Bizecki has told the Lifesite News, �want access as easy and convenient as possible; it doesn�t matter about the rights of pharmacists.?******* B.C. pro-life pharmacists plan to launch their challenge on the freedom of conscience issue with The B.C. College of Pharmacists on the last Saturday of November, at the college�s AGM in Vancouver, according to Alarcon. ******* To donate to Maria Bizecki�s legal fund, donations must be marked �Pharmacists Fund?and made payable to Charitable Foundation of the Family, 9947 Warren Road SE, Calgary, AB T2J 1G8. Donations are tax deductible. Please indicate if a tax receipt is required. For information, call 403-278-0249. ******************************************************************************************************** ******* item 2 THE CLOSING DOWN OF FREE SPEECH? SURREY SCHOOL BOARD "GUILTY" OF DEMOCRATIC BEHAVIOUR ******* From: "BCPTL ListMaster" - British Columbia Parents and Teachers for Life October-November, 2004 E-Mail Bulletin ******* Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 ******* Please visit us at our website: www.bcptl.org ******* E-mail address: [email protected] ******* Phone (voice and fax): 604-512-9594. ******* We appreciate your taking the time to read the BCPTL monthly Bulletin. If you find the Bulletin informative and helpful, we would appreciate it if you would e-mail it to others. If you know of anyone who would like to be put on our e-mail distribution list, please let us know. ******* A local school board is ordered to implement a policy that a great many parents and other citizens object to. The board decides to hold public meetings to air the issue. Isn�t that a course of action which a democratically elected body might be expected to follow? But Surrey School Board in British Columbia has been hauled before a Human Rights Tribunal for doing just that. ******* The Supreme Court of Canada had ordered the School Board to reconsider its refusal to approve as teaching materials three books promoted by the pro-homosexuality lobby. One might have thought that public input was appropriate to such a reconsideration. .But, according to the press, the lawyer for the complainants said �that . . . central to his case was the issue of why the meetings even took place since the Supreme Court justices ordered the board to review its decision and made no mention of any necessity for public input.� Since when, one might ask, must a local government wait for a Supreme Court order before it provides for public input on a public issue? ******* In any public meeting there is an element of unpredictability, and those who hold one position are liable to be sometimes offended by the views of those on the other side. This should not give those so offended the right to shut down debate, particularly on the spurious grounds that disagreement with their views or life-style is necessarily evidence of hatred. As the lawyer for the school board is quoted as saying, �. . . the free _expression of opinion within a democratic system contemplates debate which may offend others.� The only society where a group is completely protected against offence would be an extremely repressive one. Yet the complainants appear to think that the possibility of their having hurt feelings is sufficient grounds to shut down public discussion of a controversial issue. ******* At the school-board meeting where BC Parents and Teachers for Life presented their brief (entitled �Why Surrey School Board Ought Not to Approve Pro-Homosexuality Books and Other Pro-Homosexuality Resources for Use as Teaching Materials in the School District�) there were a great many substantive points made by people who opposed a school board�s being forced to propagandize for a favourable view of homosexual behaviour. Apparently the complainants to the Human Rights Tribunal wish that no such views should be heard. What we are seeing, without a doubt, is an attempt by a small lobby group to shut down public debate on a public issue. The totalitarian nature of their thinking should be disturbing to anyone with a modicum of concern for freedom of speech. ******************************************************************************************************** ******* item 3 RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA ******* from Canada Family Action Coalition (CFAC) Communications Center via Ron Gray ******* Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 ******* A court case in BC is another blatant example of religious discrimination by the elite of an institution. A 43 year old female graduate student in the English program at University of BC is the victim of startling anti- Christian attacks. Her case started when a professor at UBC, Lorraine Weir, who by the way testified in favour of John Sharpe's gross and perverted writing about raping children, decided she would require students to meet at a man's home for a class on Sunday. When Cynthia Maughan refused to attend stating that it was her Sabbath and she could not attend, the trouble began. There began an attack upon Cynthia and she was accused of being a religious terrorist. Then comments were raised in a letter on UBC letterhead calling Cynthia mentally unstable. An email was circulated via the UBC email system making comments such as "I fondly remember a time when Christians were stoned..." That comment was made by the man whose home the class was held at. ******* All of this was conducted in a manner that professors and teaching associate staff were either aware of it or involved in. Cynthia not only appealed her grade but filed a complaint with the Equity Office of UBC. Her grade was corrected but no action was taken against those who participated in the discrimination and character attacks on the student. Even the UBC Senate Committee investigated and declared that Cynthia's Charter rights had been violated and an unseemly attack had been mounted against the student. But still no action was taken against the professor nor any of the others involved. ******* CFAC is participating in this court case which has been filed in the BC Supreme Court. This blatant attack and discrimination by an institution such as a University must not go unchallenged. We must do what we can to send the message that these attacks upon Christianity will not go unpunished. Professors and institutions who violate students will be sued. Gerald Chipeur, Cynthia's legal counsel is seeking "exemplary damages " ******* CFAC's REQUEST: If you are able to donate to the legal defence of Cynthia's case please send donations to CFAC, 204, 3639 27St NE Calgary AB, T1Y 5E4 . If there are any persons who can donate a large amount please call Brian Rushfeldt at CFAC office - 403-295-2159. We want to see that Cynthia get the best possible defence against the year of attacks by UBC staff and others. ******* Thank you for your ongoing efforts and commitment to make a better Canada. ******* Please visit our website for further updates: www.familyaction.org ******* Canada Family Action Coalition - You Can Make a Difference! ******************************************************************************************************** ******* item 4 FAMILIES TO GET $1,000 FOR EVERY BABY BORN OR ADOPTED IN NEWFOUNDLAND, PREMIER PLEDGES - Sept. 18, 2007 ******* CORNER BROOK, N.L. (CP) - Premier Danny Williams unveiled a key plank in his party's election platform today, pledging to give families in Newfoundland and Labrador $1,000 for every baby born or adopted in the province. The Tory leader - on the first full day of campaigning for the Oct. 9 vote - says the bonus would be aimed at reversing the province's dwindling birth rate. ******* Williams estimates the program would cost the province $4.5 million. ********************************************************************************************************

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