TransAction Alberta - Petition
Feb. 11th, 2024 04:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yuuagoTransAction Alberta -> A petition regarding the Alberta UCP's upcoming anti-trans legislation that I discussed last week. The petition was put up by Skipping Stone (a trans-focused group out of Calgary) and various other organizations (EGALE, Queer Citizens United, etc).
When signed, the petition generates an email to the Alberta premier, the cabinet ministers responsible for the legislation, and to the member of the legislature representing your postal code. It accepts signatures from out-of-province postal codes, but I would say this is a very Alberta-focused issue (Danielle Smith is unlikely to care about what people in Ontario think about it). Probably the best thing that people outside the province can do re: this petition is pass it on to any Albertans they know.
It gives an option to customize the letter or write your own rather than just using the automatic one. And I appreciate that it sends letters out to MLAs etc rather than just gathering signatures - I think people are more likely to use this than writing to their relevant representative (that can be really hard). Even if we're just flooding the inboxes of various MLAs, at least they will receive some indication that people in Alberta care about this and oppose legislation that would have a severe negative effect on trans kids.
I'm pretty sure nobody on my FList is from Alberta, but if any of you know someone in the province who hasn't signed this yet, I'd appreciate if it's passed along.
When signed, the petition generates an email to the Alberta premier, the cabinet ministers responsible for the legislation, and to the member of the legislature representing your postal code. It accepts signatures from out-of-province postal codes, but I would say this is a very Alberta-focused issue (Danielle Smith is unlikely to care about what people in Ontario think about it). Probably the best thing that people outside the province can do re: this petition is pass it on to any Albertans they know.
It gives an option to customize the letter or write your own rather than just using the automatic one. And I appreciate that it sends letters out to MLAs etc rather than just gathering signatures - I think people are more likely to use this than writing to their relevant representative (that can be really hard). Even if we're just flooding the inboxes of various MLAs, at least they will receive some indication that people in Alberta care about this and oppose legislation that would have a severe negative effect on trans kids.
I'm pretty sure nobody on my FList is from Alberta, but if any of you know someone in the province who hasn't signed this yet, I'd appreciate if it's passed along.
Yuu. Fic writer & book lover. M/Canada.
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Date: 2024-02-12 09:53 pm (UTC)And they have some pretty strong words to say about Danielle Smith, well.My best wishes to Albertans!no subject
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