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Canadian nurse fights to keep license after being accused of ‘transphobia’ for affirming biology
Vancouver-area Nurse Amy Hamm
From LifeSiteNews
‘I strongly believe that in order for women, like I said, to preserve our privacy, our dignity and most importantly our safety, we deserve and are entitled to sex segregated spaces,’ Amy Hamm said.
A British Columbia nurse is testifying to keep her nursing license after she was accused of “transphobia” for defending women’s rights and spaces.
On November 3, after months of hearings, BC nurse Amy Hamm was given a chance to defend herself from accusations by the BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) that she is unfit to work as a nurse because she believes that sex is based on biology.
“The issue isn’t about trans people,” Hamm said, according to the Post Millennial. “The issue is about having sex-segregated spaces that don’t have male bodies. Women have reason to fear male violence, and that is the reason that we got sex-segregated spaces in the first place.”
“But I don’t believe that it should be incumbent upon women to accept males into our sex segregated spaces to protect this particular group of biological males from other biological males,” she continued. “I would support third spaces, that sort of thing. But I strongly believe that in order for women, like I said, to preserve our privacy, our dignity and most importantly our safety, we deserve and are entitled to sex segregated spaces.”
Hamm warned that basing gender on anything other than biology puts women in dangerous situations. She recounted several instances in which violent male criminals were sent to female prisons because they claimed to be women.
She further revealed that there is only one rape shelter in Canada that is restricted to actual women. The Vancouver Rape Relief had to fight for its right to deny entry to males in the Supreme Court.
“And since then, there have been constant campaigns to have them shut down,” Hamm added. “Trans activists have, in red paint, you know, written ‘TERF’ and other slurs on their building. They’ve had dead rats nailed to their building, because they don’t admit biological males. And the trans activists in Vancouver ran a campaign to have the city of Vancouver remove their city funding from this rape shelter, which the city of Vancouver actually did.”
During her testimony, which came after she was forced to remain silent for multiple day-long sessions, Hamm revealed that her advocacy for women’s rights has always been separate from her work as a nurse.
“I’ve always kept my private life and my political views and private views very separate from my work life,” she said. “I never talk politics at work.”
Hamm found herself targeted by the BCCNM in 2020 when she co-sponsored a billboard reading, “I [heart] JK Rowling,” referring to the famous British author’s public comments defending women’s washrooms and other private spaces from being used by gender-confused men.
The BCCNM accused Hamm of making “discriminatory and derogatory statements regarding transgender people [sic]” while identifying herself as a nurse or nurse educator.
According to the College, Hamm’s statements were “made across various online platforms, including but not limited to podcasts, videos, published writings, and social media,” between July 2018 and March 2021.
The investigation has been going on for three years, having begun in November 2020. So far, Hamm has appeared before the panel multiple times, including in September 2022 and October 2022, as well as in January and October of this year. The upcoming hearings are scheduled to continue in two blocks of sessions, from October 31 to November 3, and from November 6 to 8.
Now, she underwent her fourth disciplinary hearing in an attempt to keep her license. Many are pointing to Hamm’s trial as an example of Canada’s ever increasing restrictions on free speech, with the National Post calling the investigation a “witch hunt.” However, Hamm said that the grueling experience has only made her stronger.
“And through the onslaught of abuse–both from individuals and the BC College of Nurses–the years of legal troubles, the threat of losing everything, becoming a single mother and coming to terms with that fact–I became stronger than I ever imagined I could be,” she posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, after her last hearing.
From the Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Author: Franco Terrazzano
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation presented its 26th annual Teddy Waste Awards to CBC President Catherine Tait for handing out millions in bonuses while announcing hundreds of layoffs; the Mission Cultural fund for its sex-themed artistic performances; and the city of Regina for its Experience Regina rebrand fiasco.
“Because it spent buckets of taxpayer cash funding birthday parties and photo exhibits for celebrities, and making things awkward for countries around the world with sex-themed artistic performances, the Mission Cultural Fund earned the Lifetime Achievement award for waste,” said Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director.
“Tait is winning a Teddy Award because she handed out millions in bonuses despite announcing hundreds of layoffs just before Christmas, only to turn around and beg for more taxpayer cash.
“The Alberta Foundation for the Arts spent tens of thousands flying an artist to New York, Estonia and South Korea so she could flop around on a futon for a couple minutes and showcase a painting that can best be described as ants on a pop tart.
“The city of Regina came up with snappy slogans like, ‘Show us your Regina,’ and ‘Regina: the city that rhymes with fun.’ After spending $30,000 and facing backlash, the city ditched the entire rebrand so it won a Teddy Waste Award.”
The Teddy, a pig-shaped trophy the CTF annually awards to governments’ worst waste offenders, is named after Ted Weatherill, a former federal appointee who was fired in 1999 for submitting a raft of dubious expense claims, including a $700 lunch for two.
This year’s winners include:
- Municipal Teddy winner: The city of Regina
Regina spent $30,000 rebranding Tourism Regina to Experience Regina. But after facing backlash, the city scrapped the rebrand. And Regina taxpayers are out $30,000.
- Provincial Teddy winner: Alberta Foundation for the Arts
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts spent $30,000 flying an artist around the world to produce art few taxpayers would ever willingly buy or pay to see.
- Federal Teddy winner: CBC President Catherine Tait
Tait handed out $15 million in bonuses to CBC brass in 2023 as she announced hundreds of layoffs weeks before Christmas and lobbied the government for more money. Bonuses at the CBC total $114 million since 2015.
- Lifetime Teddy winner: The Mission Cultural Fund
The Mission Cultural Fund spent $10,000 on a birthday party for Margaret Atwood in New York, $52,000 for a photo exhibit for rockstar Bryan Adams, $8,800 on a sex toy show in Germany and $12,000 for senior citizens to talk about their sex lives in front of live audiences.
You can find the backgrounder on this year’s Teddy Waste Award nominees and winners HERE.
From the Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Author: Franco Terrazzano
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation filed a complaint with the Office of the Information Commissioner after the CBC refused to disclose 2023 bonuses for its eight senior executives until days after its President Catherine Tait is scheduled to appear at a parliamentary committee.
“This reeks of the CBC trying to conceal its senior executive bonuses so Tait doesn’t have to talk about it when she testifies at a parliamentary committee,” said Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director. “The CBC is required to follow access to information laws and this nonsense delay is a blatant breach of the law.
“If Tait and her executives think they deserve their bonuses, they should be open and honest about it with taxpayers.”
The CBC proactively discloses certain information related to executive compensation in its annual reports. However, because the annual report lumps together salary and other benefits, Canadians don’t know how much the CBC’s eight senior executives take in bonuses.
Other Crown corporations have provided the CTF with access-to-information records detailing senior executive bonuses. For example, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation paid out $831,000 in bonuses to its 10 senior executives in 2023. The Bank of Canada paid out $3.5 million in bonuses to its executives in 2022.
On March 11, 2024, the CTF filed an access-to-information request seeking details on the compensation paid out to CBC’s eight senior executives in 2023, including bonuses.
On April 9, 2024, the CBC issued a 30-day extension notice.
The new deadline for the CBC to release details on senior executive bonuses is May 10, 2024, just days after Tait is scheduled to appear at committee on May 7, 2024.
In response to a previous access-to-information request, the CBC released to the CTF records showing it paid out $15 million in bonuses to 1,143 non-union staff in 2023. The CBC did not issue an extension notice on that request.
“Tait is wrong to hide the cost of bonuses for CBC’s eight senior executives from the Canadians who pay their cheques,” said Terrazzano. “Tait must do the right thing and confirm to the parliamentary committee that she will cancel CBC bonuses.”
The CTF filed the complaint with the Office of the Information Commissioner on May 3, 2024, regarding the CBC’s delay in releasing documents regarding senior executive bonuses.
“The CBC is legally obligated to release the bonus documents days after the parliamentary committee hearing so obviously Tait has the details readily at hand,” said Terrazzano. “If MPs ask for those details, she needs to answer.
“And just to be clear, the CTF is fine with the CBC releasing this information at committee or anywhere else.”
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