Actors Elliot Page and singers Alanis Morissette, Neil Young, Sarah McLachlan, Carly Rae Jepsen, Elvis Costello, and hundreds of others in the entertainment industry have signed an open letter against anti-grooming policies in Canada. The open letter, titled, “Artists Against Anti-Trans Legislation in Canada,” states “the country is often seen as a human rights haven,” adding that “the reality is that Canada is not immune to the global attack on the trans community.
” The letter goes on to lament Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith proposing legislation that would ban children form undergoing “hormonal treatment, puberty blockers,” and sex-change medical procedures, which the letters refers to as “gender-confirmation surgery