Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre stepped into the debate over trans rights on Wednesday, saying “biological males” should be banned from women’s sports, change rooms and bathrooms.While answering questions from reporters in Kitchener, Ont., on Wednesday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said 'female sports, female change rooms, female bathrooms should be for females, not for biological males.
"A lot of the spaces … are provincially and municipally controlled, so it is unclear ... what reach federal legislation would have to change them," Poilievre said. Those changes include a pledge to forbid transgender women in Alberta from competing in women's sports leagues. Smith did say, however, that her government will work with sports leagues in the province to set up co-ed or gender-neutral divisions for sports.
"Puberty blockers for minors? I think we should protect children and their ability to make adult decisions when they're adults," he said. Smith's sweeping changes will also require students aged 15 and under to get permission from their parents before they can use a name or pronoun at school other than the one they were given at birth.This pronoun policy follows similar moves by New Brunswick and Saskatchewan.
Trudeau responded to Poilievre's remarks later Wednesday, telling reporters in Edmonton that Poilievre would "rather pick a fight with trans kids" than deal with the real problems facing Canadians.
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