Pierre Poilievre to PM Trudeau: 'butt out' of New Brunswick's Policy 713
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Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should “butt out” of discussing New Brunswick’s policy on LGBTQ+ students in schools.
Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should “butt out” of discussing New Brunswick’s policy on LGBTQ2S+ students in schools.
Poilievre, who was in Moncton Tuesday hosting an “axe the tax” event criticizing the federal government’s carbon tax, was asked by a reporter if he stood with Progressive Conservative Premier Blaine Higgs on Policy 713.
“I know that Justin Trudeau has butted into that. The prime minister has no business in decisions that should rest with provinces and parents,” Poilievre said Tuesday.
“So my message to Justin Trudeau is: butt out and let provinces run schools and let parents raise kids.”
Earlier this month, Trudeau referred to the New Brunswick PCs as “far-right political actors … trying to outdo themselves with the types of cruelty and isolation they can inflict on these already vulnerable people.”
“Trans kids need to feel safe, not targeted by politicians,” said Trudeau in a speech on June 9, while attending a Toronto event hosted by an LGBTQ2S+ non-profit group.
Revisions to the policy put forward by Higgs mean that teachers aren't required to use the preferred pronouns or names of transgender or non-binary students under the age of 16, unless the student has parental consent to change their name or pronouns. The policy change has sparked calls for Higgs’s removal and trouble within the New Brunswick PC Party.
