Advocates call on Liberals to show leadership to protect queer and trans students as ‘parental rights’ slogans take root across Canada

Liberals are using a ‘piecemeal approach and token comments’ to combat rising anti-LGBTQ hate, underestimating the growth and influence of far-right organizing in Canada, says Fae Johnstone.

A line of Ottawa Police officers separate protests organized by community organizations and the parents of local students to block the planned 'anti-gender ideology' demonstrations organized by right-wing personalities on June 9.The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

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BY STUART BENSON

September 6, 2023

As conservative politicians across the country wade further into the debate on gender identity in schools and recent polling indicates a majority of Canadians support those changes, LGBTQ advocates say they are concerned the Liberals' “piecemeal approach” consisting of o...

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