I actually hope that I get hate mail for this. I really do, I am just done with all this propaganda floating around out there. So, I'm just going to let it fly.
Around the middle of last week a news story came down my facebook feed from multiple friends of mine. And it turns out that the Morgentaler clinic in fredericton was going to be making an important announcement later that day. Well it turns out that the announcement was it was to close later this year by a complete lack of funding. Turns out that during the clinics operation in New Brunswick it had been constantly running with a deficit that was always covered by Morgentaler. Well since Morgentaler died last year, this means no more funding.
Oh but according to health Canada the procedure must be funded by the province. Well, guess what, New Brunswick has been breaking the law about this for the last 20 years. Oh but they do fund it if done in a hospital. Here's the thing about that, according to the province you need to have TWO DOCTORS sign off on a non-medically required abortion. Now, I don't know about where you are. But in New Brunswick it is nearly impossible to get a family doctor let alone get two doctors to agree on the same thing. Better off trying to herd cats. Hell, there are even some doctors in New Brunswick that refuse to prescribe birth control because it goes against their beliefs. I wish I was kidding, but I'm not.
"Oh but you don't live in New Brunswick so why do you care?"
I was raised there, in Fredericton in fact. I know exactly how backward it is. Hell, I'm starting to see that the province might actually be more backward than some third world countries. Now in terms of demographics, roughly 30% of the province is French speaking. But, in order to get a job with the province you MUST be bilingual and have the paper to prove it. But, in order for an anglo to be deemed bilingual is much harder than a french person. I have actually dealt with someone behind a desk that spoke only broken english and was completely unable to understand how to help me.
New Brunswick has a huge problem with unemployment which is so bad that a majority of its young educated people are leaving the province to get work. "The Brain Drain" as it is referred to is a massive problem. Before my mom moved out here (7 months after I did), out of curiosity went to a job fair about jobs out west (Alberta, Sask, BC), the line to get in was so long that it encompassed the hotel where it was held, this was not a small hotel either. It was the Delta in downtown Fredericton, which might actually be the biggest hotel in Fredericton. To put this in a better perspective, if needed, there are peoples with masters degrees working fast food and retail jobs. My mother worked at UPS for 17 years for the same $17.35/hr for I think the last five years she was there. M mother has a Bachelor of Arts and all kinds of experience working for different NGOs such as the UN, UNESCO and etc. And she was at the same job, and I mean the SAME job as UPS kept screwing her over for promotion after promotion. Constantly promoting less qualified and less educated people ahead of her. Yeah, it's that bad.
For me it has gotten to the point where I am nearly ashamed of how backwards my home province truly is. In 2004 or 2005 when same-sex unions became valid in New Brunswick, the province brought that law into practice on the day it was required to be. Nearly every other province brought it into effect months or a year ahead of the required date.
Ok, I have gotten off topic and I will have to continue this later on tonight.
Around the middle of last week a news story came down my facebook feed from multiple friends of mine. And it turns out that the Morgentaler clinic in fredericton was going to be making an important announcement later that day. Well it turns out that the announcement was it was to close later this year by a complete lack of funding. Turns out that during the clinics operation in New Brunswick it had been constantly running with a deficit that was always covered by Morgentaler. Well since Morgentaler died last year, this means no more funding.
Oh but according to health Canada the procedure must be funded by the province. Well, guess what, New Brunswick has been breaking the law about this for the last 20 years. Oh but they do fund it if done in a hospital. Here's the thing about that, according to the province you need to have TWO DOCTORS sign off on a non-medically required abortion. Now, I don't know about where you are. But in New Brunswick it is nearly impossible to get a family doctor let alone get two doctors to agree on the same thing. Better off trying to herd cats. Hell, there are even some doctors in New Brunswick that refuse to prescribe birth control because it goes against their beliefs. I wish I was kidding, but I'm not.
"Oh but you don't live in New Brunswick so why do you care?"
I was raised there, in Fredericton in fact. I know exactly how backward it is. Hell, I'm starting to see that the province might actually be more backward than some third world countries. Now in terms of demographics, roughly 30% of the province is French speaking. But, in order to get a job with the province you MUST be bilingual and have the paper to prove it. But, in order for an anglo to be deemed bilingual is much harder than a french person. I have actually dealt with someone behind a desk that spoke only broken english and was completely unable to understand how to help me.
New Brunswick has a huge problem with unemployment which is so bad that a majority of its young educated people are leaving the province to get work. "The Brain Drain" as it is referred to is a massive problem. Before my mom moved out here (7 months after I did), out of curiosity went to a job fair about jobs out west (Alberta, Sask, BC), the line to get in was so long that it encompassed the hotel where it was held, this was not a small hotel either. It was the Delta in downtown Fredericton, which might actually be the biggest hotel in Fredericton. To put this in a better perspective, if needed, there are peoples with masters degrees working fast food and retail jobs. My mother worked at UPS for 17 years for the same $17.35/hr for I think the last five years she was there. M mother has a Bachelor of Arts and all kinds of experience working for different NGOs such as the UN, UNESCO and etc. And she was at the same job, and I mean the SAME job as UPS kept screwing her over for promotion after promotion. Constantly promoting less qualified and less educated people ahead of her. Yeah, it's that bad.
For me it has gotten to the point where I am nearly ashamed of how backwards my home province truly is. In 2004 or 2005 when same-sex unions became valid in New Brunswick, the province brought that law into practice on the day it was required to be. Nearly every other province brought it into effect months or a year ahead of the required date.
Ok, I have gotten off topic and I will have to continue this later on tonight.
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