# humanist (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover humanist. Page: Feed: --- ## [Humanists drive debate in BC Budget report](http://www.bchumanist.ca/bc_budget_2027_report) _2026-08-17 · Ian Bushfield · News - British Columbia Humanist Association_ The BC Humanist Association brought secular, evidence-based priorities directly into the legislature's 2027 budget consultation. While Members of the Legislative Assembly on the Finance Committee stopped short of adopting them, the final report cited BCHA's arguments on climate policy, property taxation and private-school funding, helping build the case for future policy change. ## [Humanist groups applaud modernization of Armed Forces ceremony policy](http://www.bchumanist.ca/caf_spiritual_reflections) _2026-07-31 · Ian Bushfield · News - British Columbia Humanist Association_ Humanist Canada and the British Columbia Humanist Association (BCHA) are welcoming a new policy from the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) that ensures spiritual reflections at public ceremonies uphold principles of religious neutrality. ## [Tobique Valley "to no longer recite the Lord's Prayer" at council meetings](http://www.bchumanist.ca/tobique_valley_lords_prayer_ends) _2026-07-20 · Ian Bushfield · News - British Columbia Humanist Association_ The Lord's Prayer will no longer be said at the opening of Tobique Valley, New Brunswick, council meetings, following legal challenges from the BC Humanist Association (BCHA) and concerns raised by local residents. ## [Lord's Prayer challenged in New Brunswick town council](http://www.bchumanist.ca/tobique_valley_nb_lords_prayer) _2026-06-24 · Ian Bushfield · News - British Columbia Humanist Association_ The BC Humanist Association is threatening legal action over the District of Tobique Valley's decision to continue to recite the Lord's Prayer at every council meeting. The practice was challenged by local residents for violating constitutional prohibitions on government-sponsored religious practices. District staff instead asked residents to ‘sit out’ during the prayer. ## [Reject the discrimination of Canadians suffering from mental disorders](http://www.bchumanist.ca/maid_amad_reply) _2026-06-22 · Ian Bushfield · News - British Columbia Humanist Association_ The BC Humanist Association (BCHA) is calling on Justice Minister Sean Fraser to reject the recommendation of the federal Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (AMAD), which, on June 17, 2026, recommended that the government "indefinitely exclude" persons whose sole underlying medical condition is a mental disorder from eligibility for medical assistance in dying (MAID). This… ## [Defending the privacy rights of apostates at the Supreme Court of Canada](http://www.bchumanist.ca/scc_vabuolas_factum) _2026-06-22 · Ian Bushfield · News - British Columbia Humanist Association_ In its factum filed with the Supreme Court of Canada today, the BC Humanist Association (BCHA) asks whether Canadians surrender their privacy rights whenever they set foot inside a church, synagogue or mosque. ## [Humanist priorities in BC Budget 2027](http://www.bchumanist.ca/humanist_priorities_in_bc_budget_2027) _2026-06-18 · Ian Bushfield · News - British Columbia Humanist Association_ The BC Humanist Association is calling on the government to use BC Budget 2027 to end religious property tax exemptions, phase out private school funding and reinvest in climate solutions. ## [Joint statement on religious healthcare obstruction](http://www.bchumanist.ca/humanist_groups_condemn_religious_obstruction_of_healthcare) _2026-05-12 · Ian Bushfield · News - British Columbia Humanist Association_ Humanist Groups Condemn Religious Obstruction of Healthcare; Call for Protection of MAID Rights The British Columbia Humanist Association (BCHA), Humanist Canada, and Centre for Inquiry Canada (CFIC) are calling on the federal government to uphold the state’s duty of religious neutrality in response to renewed efforts by the Catholic Church to influence medical assistance in dying (MAID) policy. ## [New Brunswick municipalities warned to keep inaugural meetings secular](http://www.bchumanist.ca/new_brunswick_municipalities_warned_to_keep_inaugural_meetings_secular) _2026-05-11 · Ian Bushfield · News - British Columbia Humanist Association_ As New Brunswick residents prepare for the upcoming municipal elections on May 11, a new report from the BC Humanist Association (BCHA) is putting religious neutrality at the center of the democratic debate. The study, titled Godless Serenity: Unconstitutional prayers in New Brunswick municipal council meetings , reveals that a decade after the Supreme Court of Canada’s landmark Saguenay ruling,… ## [Licensed Dispensaries, Pay with Crypto (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DihbBZtyTpf9) _2026-05-11 · **Sponsored**_ Search verified licensed dispensaries and pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins. ## [Protecting Autonomy and Secularism in Access to MAID](http://www.bchumanist.ca/joint_committe_brief_md_sumc) _2026-05-06 · Ian Bushfield · News - British Columbia Humanist Association_ In its brief to the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying, the BC Humanist Association is calling on Senators and Members of Parliament to end the categorical exclusion of people with mental disorders from MAID eligibility.