REGINA — Saskatchewan politicians are heading back to legislature, preparing for a pronoun fight that some political observers say could alter the province's electoral landscape.
The legislative assembly is set to resume Tuesday, with the Saskatchewan Party government planning to introduce legislation that would require children under 16 to receive parental consent if they want to change their names or pronouns at school.
“And so there are people that are approaching not only myself as a local MLA, but approaching other MLAs as well and have been for a period of time. Most, if not all of them, are parents, have been parents or grandparents.” In one scenario, he said, the policy could work in the government's favour. If it resonates broadly, it could help shore up more right-wing voters into the government's base.
"You could have moderate voters saying, 'I'm not so sure that I'm comfortable with a party that is willing to violate Charter rights, even if I don't have a firm opinion on the particular pronoun policy.'" New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative government has a similar pronoun policy to Saskatchewan's, though school guidance counsellors there can use children's chosen names.
Federal Conservative party delegates at a convention in September voted in favour of prohibiting “medicinal or surgical interventions” for gender-diverse and transgender children. Leader Pierre Poilievre has said he's not bound to include the policies in an eventual election platform.
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