Poilievre Says Trudeau Should Stay Out of NB’s School Gender Identity Debate

Poilievre Says Trudeau Should Stay Out of NB’s School Gender Identity Debate
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 11, 2023. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby
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Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre is telling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to stay out of the debate over a recently revised New Brunswick policy stating that students identifying as transgender or non-binary must receive parental consent before changing their names within the province’s school system.
“This is a provincial policy,” Poilievre told reporters in Moncton, N.B., on June 27. “I know that Justin Trudeau has butted into that. The prime minister has no business in decisions that should rest with provinces and parents.”