Policy 713: LGBT school policy change causes political turmoil in Canada

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A controversial policy change that bars teachers from using a student's preferred pronouns without parental permission will soon go into effect in New Brunswick despite pushback. It has caused political turmoil in the Canadian province.

In May, under Premier Blaine Higgs, New Brunswick announced that a policy to create a safe space for students who identify as LGBT in schools will be amended, with the changes coming into effect on 1 July.

The amendments to the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity policy - also known as Policy 713 - removed explicit mention of allowing students to participate in extracurricular activities, including sports teams, that reflect their gender identity.

More controversially, the changes - as explained by the province's education minister Bill Hogan - also forbid teachers from using the chosen preferred names and pronouns of a student under the age of 16 without the consent of their parents.

 

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[kwonitoy]

We seem to live in the era of clickbait headlines, scream some silly, cherry picked facts to attract eyeballs.

 

According to statcan, New Brunswick population in 2023 is estimated to be 787,014 people

 

What is happening in tiny New Brunswick affects the population of Canada not at all and certainly is not causing "political turmoil in Canada"

 

[pegman]

9 hours ago, kwonitoy said:

We seem to live in the era of clickbait headlines, scream some silly, cherry picked facts to attract eyeballs.

 

According to statcan, New Brunswick population in 2023 is estimated to be 787,014 people

 

What is happening in tiny New Brunswick affects the population of Canada not at all and certainly is not causing "political turmoil in Canada"

 

Yeah, backwoods N.B. is a throw back which is pretty much owned by a couple families. Including all the media outlets. This won't help the conservative brand in the cities across Canada. Will help in some rural areas like in the State of Alberta

[Hanaguma]

51 minutes ago, pegman said:

Yeah, backwoods N.B. is a throw back which is pretty much owned by a couple families. Including all the media outlets. This won't help the conservative brand in the cities across Canada. Will help in some rural areas like in the State of Alberta

Ironically, the ruling federal Liberal party won 6 of the 10 ridings in New Brunswick in the last election cycle. Ditto the two elections before that. So hardly a Tory stalwart area.