Every year, over a billion dollars of your tax dollars goes to healthcare facilities run by religious organizations. These hospitals are allowed to refuse legal, essential medical services including medical assistance in dying, abortion and contraceptives based on their management's religious dogma.
In 2026, terminally ill patients are still being forced out of their hospital beds just to access their legal right to a peaceful death. This is a violation of patient dignity and human rights.
Public funding should come with a public obligation. No British Columbian should be denied care or forced to undergo a dehumanizing transfer because the hospital bed they are in is governed by a church instead of the provincial health authority.
It is time to put patients before pews. Sign this petition to demand a truly secular, provincial healthcare system.
Keep Healthcare Secular in BC
We call on the Government of British Columbia and the Ministry of Health to:
- Protect Universal Healthcare: Require all healthcare facilities receiving public funding to provide the full suite of legal medical services onsite, without exception.
- Tear up the Master Agreement: It's time to end the province's Master Agreement with the Denominational Health Association and instead prioritize the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
- Secularize Public Services: Ensure that healthcare in BC is managed by secular authorities, not religious organizations.