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Last year around this time I found myself writing about the curious case of Kayla Lemieux, a school teacher in Oakville, Ont.
I can say with some confidence that when it comes to the predicted showdown, Canada has come fully around the bend. Over the past few months, the debate around gender expression and its place in schools has never been far from the headlines. A similar battle is unfolding in Saskatchewan, where the government has created a pronoun use policy that mirrors New Brunswick’s. There, a recent court decision overturned the policy, finding that Premier Scott Moe’s claims of “wide consultation” on the issue were essentially a fabrication. In the ruling, Justice Michael Megaw wrote that he could find no evidence of consultation with parents, teachers, students or experts on the issue.
The group also claims to be supportive of an inclusive society, which seems at odds with not only its mission statement but also its affiliations. These include a conservative Christian organization that wants to “transform our country to better reflect Biblical principles” and at least one group that asks “Are gay people born that way?”
The extent to which those actions affected decision makers is impossible to determine. However, the characterization of these organizations as simply “a group of concerned parents” seems a bit of a misnomer, to say the least, and may only serve to provide validation to their more radical elements.
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