Wed Jun 28, 2023 – 1:46 pm EDT
MONCTON, New Brunswick (LifeSiteNews) — Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to “butt out” of New Brunswick’s decision to add parental protections to its Gender Identity policy for public schools.
During a June 27 news conference in Moncton, New Brunswick, Poilievre blasted Trudeau for condemning New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs for changing the province’s Gender Identity policy in order to keep parents informed if their child “changes” genders at school.
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“I know that Justin Trudeau has butted into that,” Poilievre stated. “The prime minister has no business in decisions that should rest with provinces and parents.”
“So my message to Justin Trudeau is, ’Butt out and let provinces run schools and let parents raise kids,’” he continued.
In May, Higgs came under fire from LGBT activists and Trudeau after he announced a review of Policy 713, the province’s public school Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity policy.
“For [a wish to be identified with the opposite sex] purposefully to be hidden from the parents, that’s a problem,” Higgs told reporters, as Policy 713 currently requires children give consent for their parents
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