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A B.C. Conservative private member’s bill to classify publicly funded sports teams and events according to the “biological sex” of participants, banning transgender athletes, didn’t make it out of the starting blocks.
The Fairness in Women’s and Girls’ Sports Act was voted down at first reading, a fate that’s a rarity in the legislature.
The majority New Democrats, joined by two Green Party members and two Independents, voted down the proposed bill introduced by Conservative Leader John Rustad.
New Democrat House Leader Ravi Kahlon said outside the legislature the proposed bill was “hateful and discriminatory.”
The Opposition BC United said in a statement it was sticking to its policy under Leader Kevin Falcon to never oppose the introduction of any bill on first reading.
Rustad told the legislature the proposed bill would ensure publicly funded sports events “must be classified by sex, and it limits participation to participants of the biological sex that corresponds to the sex classification.”
Private member’s bills hardly ever result in legislation.
In a rare move, the first reading of this bill failed to pass.
The NDP used their majority to vote it down, whereas the BC United voted to allow it.
Typically, parties support all legislation getting to first reading so the bill can sit on the order paper.
Not this time. https://t.co/NnWEIOXxIn— Rob Shaw (@RobShaw_BC) April 30, 2024
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 30, 2024.
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A popular Victoria brewery took home a gold medal at the World Beer Cup this past week.
Dubbed ‘the Olympics of beer,’ the World Beer Cup sees thousands of breweries from across the planet looking to secure a medal in one of the competition’s 100-plus categories.
This year, Phillips Brewing took home the gold medal in the American-Style Sour Ale category with its Dinosour Stone Fruit brew.
Phillips describes the beer as “delightfully tart,” with a mix of apricot juice, peach juice, nectarine flavours and a house-culture lacto strain. Those flavours “mingle pre and post fermentaceous period, balancing sour flavours with light stone fruit sweetness,” according to the brewery.
The California-based Alvarado Street Brewery earned a silver medal for its Howzit Punch sour beer, followed by the Texas-based Alamo Beer Co. with its Fancy Meeting You Beer sour.
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Phillips was just one of 13 Canadian breweries to earn a medal at this year’s World Beer Cup, and was the only one from Vancouver Island.
The World Beer Cup launched in 1996 as a way to celebrate and showcase beer on an international stage.
Last year, 2,376 breweries from 51 countries submitted 10,213 beers for judgment in 103 categories.
The judging panel was made up of 272 industry professionals from 26 countries.
A full list of this year’s winners can be found on the World Beer Cup website.
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