Amend the Marriage Act Petition

Not everyone has equal opportunity to get married.
Did you know 'Represented Adults need a doctor's note?
Sign our Petition today! 

Right 2 Marry

Support marriage equality for all!

Tell Service Alberta and Vital Statistics to reduce the red tape for dependent adults in Alberta to get married.

• Did you know not everyone has marriage equality in Alberta? 
• Did you know dependent adults still need a doctor’s note to get married and a guardian's consent? Marriage Act, section 27, part 2 http://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/Acts/m05.pdf

A doctor's note creates more red tape; costs money, more forms, and many Albertans today do not have access to a family doctor. 

The Right to Love group believes guardian's consent is enough for adults who are protected under the dependent adult act to get married. 

We all have the right to love! 

Help us raise awareness! Sign and share our petition to let the Service Alberta Minister and Deputy Minister know its time to review and update the Marriage Act. 

Visit www.change.org  

https://www.change.org/p/amend-alberta-s-marriage-act-section-27

Thank you for helping us with the Right 2 Love in Alberta! 

Lovin N Pubbin, Join us!

We hope you join members of the Right to Love for our summer mix and mingle! 

Join us at the Cat N Fiddle on 

Thursday, August 21st 

beginning at 4 pm until 7 pm. 

• Appetizers provided, bring some cash to pay for for your drinks! 
• RSVP as soon as we can to reserve space for you. 
• Leave a message at 403.717.7630 
• or drop us a line on our email actionhall@calgaryscope.org

See you there! 

Is affordable transit only meant for Seniors?

Members of the Hall are crossing fingers Calgary City Council will stop providing special discounts for one vulnerable age group and not the other. Transit fares are becoming increasingly more costly & may move beyond reach of Calgarians who need accessible, affordable transit. 

Two ways we see how to address the affordability is to:

-Introduce a single ride fare at 50% of the adult single fare and
-Create a sliding scale for the many Calgarians regardless of age, cannot afford a transit pass beginning at $ 54 a year based on income. 

Evidence shows many persons aged 35-44 volunteer the most (figure 1) and are also part of the work force facing extreme barriers to better jobs with better pay (figure 2). 

Over the last week members of the Disability Action Hall shared with City Council while we are grateful for the $ 44 a month pass, it is no longer affordable, meanwhile poverty groups feel discriminated against despite pleas for the latest fare strategy to be based on affordability & fairness, yet transit and some City Councillors continues to provide only affordable rate discounts for seniors.

Figure 1: Ages 35 to 44 Volunteer the most according to Statistics Canada 

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/89-649-x/2011001/tbl/tbl210-eng.htm

The proposed fare strategy is counter-intuitive to the City of Calgary's  Sustainability Direction targets of equity, and prosperous economy. The fare strategy may end up creating more barriers to employment and for people to contribute to the economy and society. Giving one privileged group better discounts based on age and not on fairness principles such as social inclusion and income as outlines in the current Fair Calgary City Policy.  The current fare strategy only pits one vulnerable group against the other. 

Figure Two: Majority of citizens earning less than $15 an hour are ages 25-44 years of age

If you think we need more a more simple, fair fare structure, please call 311 or write your Councillor a letter prior to Monday, July 28th, 2014. 

Sources: 

Kolkman, John, Joseph Ahorro and Bill Moore-Kilgannon, Achieving the promise of ending poverty in Alberta. (Alberta College of Social Workers, Public Interest Alberta  and Edmonton Social Planning Council; November 2012). Available at: http://www.campaign2000.ca/reportCards/