Alberta’s UCP government tabled amendments to the province’s Bill of Rights on Oct. 28, the first day of the legislature’s fall session, to add protections for medical choice, including the right to refuse vaccination, as well as strengthen gun ownership rights, property rights, and freedom of expression.
Although Premier Danielle Smith had announced the amendments last month, details of the proposal were made available with the tabling of the bill this week. Regarding vaccine choice, it said Albertans will not be “coerced” into receiving medical treatment without consent unless they are “likely to cause substantial harm to themselves or to others.”
