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A hospice company in Delta, BC lost another court attempt to deny enrollment based on their apparent views on medical care in the event of death.
The BC Court of Appeals rejected an attempt by the Delta Hospice Society board of directors to deny membership requests from those who disagreed with the change in society to say that Christian morality prevents hospice to provide legal end of life service in Canada.
The lower court ruled that the board had acted in bad faith to manipulate a vote and ordered the company to accept membership from those who were rejected.
The board returned to court, but the three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals unanimously upheld the lower court’s decision that the company had acted contrary to its statute.
Writing for the panel, Judge Mary Newbury argues that the charter’s values of freedom of association and freedom of conscience do not support the council’s right to scrutinize society’s membership lists.
The BC Department of Health previously announced that it would withdraw $ 1.5 million in annual funding, covering approximately 94% of the cost of running the facility, because the company would not comply with provincial health care policies in the event of a death.
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