The Health Professions and Occupations Act is a danger to personalized consent-based health care, a danger to rights, and a danger to democracy in BC
The Health Professions and Occupations Act, (formerly Bill 36) was improperly passed on 24 November 2022 when the NDP government used closure to force a vote by the Legislative Assembly of BC when only 1/3 of the sections had been reviewed by Members of the Legislative Assembly.
It has never been subject to the notice, consultation, transparency, access to information, debate, and consensus required in a democracy including consultation with and debate by health care workers, the Legislative Assembly, or the 5 million residents of BC in need of access to ethical personalized medical care.
This Act impairs or destroys rights to provide and receive personalized consent-based health care, and prohibits giving medical advice or opinions–in private or public–that are not in line with opinions sanctioned by authorities.
This dangerous Act must be repealed.
