Saskatchewan and Alberta are joining New Brunswick in taking a stance on the rights of students to be called by their chosen pronouns. Last week, Alberta announced its intention to intervene in a legal challenge against Saskatchewan’s controversial Parents’ Bill of Rights.
Passed late last year, the bill prevents children under the age of 16 from changing their names or pronouns in school without permission from their parents. In New Brunswick last year, the Conservative government amended Policy 713 to add similar requirements in the province’s schools.
While school policies aren’t the same as workplace policies, what happens if political rhetoric like this creeps into workplaces, leading to discriminatory issues?
