It is hard to miss the increasing attention dedicated to transgender rights in contemporary politics.
In 2015, Justin Trudeau made a quick reference to including discrimination on the grounds of gender identity in the Canadian Human Rights Act, implementing the change after the 2015 election.
There wasn’t a significant political reaction to the trend, however, until this summer when three Conservative provincial governments — in New Brunswick, Saskatchewan and Ontario — moved to adopt policies that restricted the independence of schools to recognize or affirm students’ gender identities and ensuring parental participation.
