Lawyer Marty Moore gives us a round-up of court cases involving gender issues and parental rights across Canada. Starting in New Brunswick, the fight moved west to Saskatchewan and then into Alberta with new policy announcements by Premier Danielle Smith. Court challenges in Alberta, he believes, are inevitable. If the province opts to use the Notwithstanding Clause, as the government did in Saskatchewan, there is a potential for a sea change in how constitutional questions are settled, as more provinces move to overrule activist courts.

Marty Moore on X, Feb 10, 2024: "We may be on the cusp of a sea change in constitutional law in Canada, where Canadian legislatures, outside of QC, exercise increasing authority under the notwithstanding clause..."

National Post, Feb 1, 2024: Alberta's new transgender rules: From restricted treatments to pronouns and parental rights

Justice Centre, Feb 20, 2024: Quebec teacher challenges Education Minister’s gender transition policy

CBC, Jun 18, 2023: N.B. premier stands by changes to school LGBTQ policy, says he does not want an election

Regina Leader-Post, Sep 28, 2024: Moe vows to use notwithstanding clause after court injunction halts pronoun policy

Justice Centre, Jan 10, 2024: Intervening for parental rights: UR Pride v. Saskatchewan

National Post, Feb 16, 2024: Judge rules challenge of Saskatchewan’s pronoun law can proceed

National Post, Feb 15, 2023: Ontario school trustee barred from meetings after questioning gender transition policy

Western Standard, Feb 11, 2024: WATCH: NDP MP says children have rights, parents do not

Edmonton Journal, Feb 15, 2024: Alberta law professors believe province's planned transgender policies violate Charter rights

Barry Cooper in the Western Standard, Feb 17, 2024: Where do Alberta lawyers get such kooky ideas?

Policy Options, Aug 24, 2023: Longstanding Canadian confidence in the judicial system may be on shaky ground

True North, Feb 15, 2024: CSIS admits to monitoring parental rights activists, compares them to neo-Nazis

CanLII, Apr 29, 2019: PT v Alberta, 2019 ABCA 158

The Spectator (UK), Feb 13, 2023: How did the Tavistock gender scandal unfold?

Theme Music "Carpay Diem" by Dave Stevens

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