Sask. premier committed to expedite plans to force pronoun policy into law

Amid cries of support and criticism, the Saskatchewan government stays committed to expediting its plans to force a pronoun policy into law.

Amid cries of support and criticism, the Saskatchewan government stays committed to expediting its plans to force a pronoun policy into law.

“Those implementation plans will be in effect sooner rather than later,” Premier Scott Moe said.

On Thursday, a judge ruled in favour of UR Pride’s legal counsel, granting a court injunction that essentially pauses the policy in schools until the judge decides if it’s constitutional or not.

Premier Moe plans to use the notwithstanding clause to override the ruling, which is a rare move for provincial governments.

Outside of Quebec, the clause has only been used a handful of times since 1982.

“It’s I think pretty noteworthy that the two of those half dozen times have been Saskatchewan on schooling issues kind of around morality and religion,” said Jim Farney, director and associate professor at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy.

Political experts say the Saskatchewan government could move quickly on this legislation, in theory passing the bill in a week, once the legislature reconvenes Oct. 10.