Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.WATCH ABOVE: (From Feb. 4, 2024) In Alberta, protests were held again on Sunday, from those opposed to a suite of provincial policy proposals that take aim at transgender rights. Premier Danielle Smith says she believes her government is striking the right balance when it comes to kids, but criticism across Canada has been swift.
As Heather Yourex-West explains, the pushback could have political implications beyond Smith and her United Conservative Party. The Grade 10 student at Leduc Composite High School says his 13-year-old brother is transgender and the walkout is meant to show him and others they’re supported. Smith has said the fall sitting of the legislature would bring new rules, including restrictions on youth changing their names or pronouns at school and getting hormone therapy or gender reassignment surger