NDP-backed petition on trans rights surges as Tory Leader Poilievre strikes out at ‘Trudeau’s radical gender ideology’

Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah says advocates and organizations serving Canada’s trans and gender-diverse community fear their hard-won progress could all be lost with a change in government without sustained funding beyond the next election cycle.
NDP MP Randall Garrison sponsored a petition calling on the federal government to implement the 29 policy recommendations contained in a white paper on the status of trans and gender diverse Canadians' rights he released this past June.

A petition calling on the federal government to implement an NDP MP's action plan on the rights of trans and gender-diverse Canadians has received more than 3,000 signatures in its first week as LGBTQ advocates urge the government to “put its money where its mouth is.” I...

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