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Originally Posted by Northendzone
i never knew the province had a forced sterilization program
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Yep, brought in by John Brownlee and supported for a long time by Ernest Manning (Preston Manning's father).
Some of those early premiers of Alberta were completely nuts.
There is a wiki page on it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual...Act_of_Alberta
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During the time the Alberta Sexual Sterilization Act was in effect, 4,800 cases were proposed for sterilization in the Province of Alberta, of which 99% received approval. Examination of sterilization records demonstrates that legislation did not apply equally to all members of society. Specifically, the Act was disproportionately applied to those in socially vulnerable positions, including females, children, unemployed persons, domestics, rural citizens, unmarried, institutionalized persons, Roman and Greek Catholics, persons of Ukrainian, Native and Métis ethnicity.[1]
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