Calls grow for N.B. premier to denounce mailouts critics say are transphobic
Global News
Pressure is mounting on New Brunswick's government to denounce mailouts in the province from an Ontario group that call trans education harmful to children.
Pressure is mounting in New Brunswick for the provincial government to denounce a flyer being sent through the mail that some say is transphobic.
The one-page mailout reads in part that “pushing transgenderism in school harms children” and “gender ideology in schools often leads to chemical and surgical mutilation.” It also makes several claims about the use of puberty blockers.
Lay Minister David-Roger Gagnon with Saint Paul’s United Church in Riverview, N.B., says congregation members have been vocal about their concerns regarding this mailout.
It’s prompted the church to reach out to the premier.
“We’ve invited Premier (Blaine) Higgs to come out and hear from our own members why this is hurtful and we’re hoping he will denounce this,” Gagnon said.
The flyers were mailed out by Coalition Life Campaign, an Ontario-based group that describes itself as a “national pro-life organization” on its website.
The group is mailing about 160,000 of the flyers to homes across New Brunswick in response to the possibility the Conservative premier’s policy on gender identity in schools will be reversed if the Tories lose the upcoming election.
“The purpose is to educate parents to let them know this policy is at risk,” Jack Fonseca, the director of political operations at Campaign Life Coalition, told Global News last week.
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