Alberta Premier Danielle Smith answers questions on her promised reforms that affect transgender and transitioning youth at a news conference in Calgary on Thursday, February 1, 2024.
Transitioning minors will face new restrictions in health care, education and sports. Alberta's top politician declares changes, but doesn't want it all politicized.Alberta Premier Danielle Smith answers questions on her promised reforms that affect transgender and transitioning youth at a news conference in Calgary on Thursday.
However, the government policy will imply that those young people might be making a terrible mistake about who they want to be, and will not support, and in fact block, any minor from having gender-affirming surgery — in addition to imposing Canada's first ban on hormone treatment and puberty-blocking medication for anyone under 16.
Some of that, perhaps, will be sorted out below the political level at which Smith states her United Conservative Party caucus approved these changes.From being dismissed by doctors and denied treatment to eventually finding the medical and emotional support they need, CBC’s Paige Parsons finds out what it’s like to fight for health care as a trans teen — especially in a rural community.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith poses between Jordan Peterson, left, and Tucker Carlson, right, two prominent commentators who speak of transgender issues in often inflammatory rhetoric. They appeared at a Calgary speaking event together last week.
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