Parental rights battle cry is turning private grievance into public policy

What we’re seeing from Smith is another iteration of far-right hate being normalized to the point where it has seeped into policy through a populist lens.

Make no mistake, the parental rights battle cry championed by the likes of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is about surveillance and control of those who are already marginalized, writes Erica Ifill.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

February 7, 2024

CALGARY—Some may call Alberta Premier Danielle Smith a nut, but to me, she’s as nutty as a fox, and she’s in the hen house. If you listen to Smith speak, she is very even-keeled and media savvy—a far cry from some of the adjectives people use to describe her. Watchin...

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