Alberta premier says legislation on school pronouns coming after September
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will introduce legislation on pronouns in schools after classes begin in September.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will introduce legislation on pronouns in schools after classes begin in September.
Smith said the new policy requiring parents to consent before children under 16 can change their names or pronouns in schools will be proposed in the fall legislature session that begins in late October.
"I don't want to presuppose what the outcome of those deliberations would be, but there will be lots of time to be able to get the policies in place and to implement them, so we have to make sure we have that robust discussion," Smith told an unrelated news conference on Thursday.
Her comments come about three weeks before most kindergarten to Grade 12 schools open their classrooms.
Smith said she intends to bring legislation forward for a suite of policies she first announced in January.
Those include restricting transgender youth access to gender-affirming health care, banning transgender participation in female sports, and requiring parental consent or notification on sex education and changes to pronouns and names in schools.
"Once you've passed legislation, regulations have to be implemented," said Smith, who did not offer specifics about what enforcement would look like.
