Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is ready to use the notwithstanding clause to protect a new rule requiring parental permission for transgender and non-binary students under 16 to use different names or pronouns at school. He says it is ones of the tools the province is considering to protect the policy.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is ready to use the notwithstanding clause to protect a new rule requiring parental permission for transgender and non-binary students under 16 to use different names or pronouns at school.
He recently told reporters that his Saskatchewan Party government was prepared to use different "tools" to ensure that the policy remains in place. Debate around its use has heated up in recent years as provincial governments in Ontario and Quebec have invoked it preemptively, effectively preventing anyone from launching a legal challenge.
"We most certainly are looking at all the tools that we have available, understanding that the policy is in place and effective today and so it would be premature to say that we are using this tool or that tool," he said Wednesday. The UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity at the University of Regina, which offers services to gender-diverse individuals around the provincial capital, is challenging Saskatchewan's policy in court.
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