A Saskatchewan Ministry of Education official's sworn affidavit says it took nine days to create the government's school naming and pronoun policy.
In the affidavit, assistant deputy minister of education Michael Walter described the sequence of events that led to the creation of the Saskatchewan government's parental inclusion and consent policies., dictates that students under the age of 16 must get parental consent if they want their chosen name, gender identity and/or gender expression affirmed at school.
Walter said from Aug. 9 to Aug. 11, the ministry examined what policies existed in the province's school divisions and looked at policies and legislation in other jurisdictions related to the use of names and pronouns in schools. Walter said the constituents expressed support for a similar policy in Saskatchewan. He said of the 18 letters, seven people identified themselves as parents of school-aged children.UR Pride's lawyer Goldenberg told the court that Walter's affidavit showed a lack of public concern about the issue.
"You would think that if a policy was going to affect the interests of young people, that was going to affect the constitutional rights of children, that there would be expert consultation that the school divisions would have brought to the table, that there would have been meaningful discussion about this. If the whole thing came together in nine days, it's impossible that any of that happened.
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