Legal challenge against Sask. pronoun policy halted, government to file appeal
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Arguments surrounding the constitutional challenge against Saskatchewan’s pronoun policy have been halted – due to an impending appeal from the provincial government.
Arguments surrounding the constitutional challenge against Saskatchewan’s pronoun policy have been halted – due to an impending appeal from the provincial government.
In an update on Monday, Egale Canada – the organization representing UR Pride in its legal proceedings – stated that the Government of Saskatchewan was seeking to appeal a Feb. 16 decision from Justice Michael Megaw.
Megaw’s decision allowed the LGBTQ2+ rights organization to change the focus of its original legal challenge from the now defunct pronoun policy to the Parents’ Bill of Rights – therefore allowing the case to proceed.
According to Egale, the province has also indicated it will seek a stay in the proceedings at Regina’s Court of King’s Bench.
The Parents’ Bill of Rights, which requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school, began as the province’s pronoun policy.
The policy was first introduced on Aug. 22, 2023 and was legally challenged by UR Pride shortly thereafter.
Lawyers representing the government have argued the legal challenge against the policy is now moot given the fact the Parents’ Bill of Rights has now been enshrined into law.
