{"id":913443,"date":"2026-09-29T00:44:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/913443\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T00:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:44:17","slug":"advocates-plea-for-ottawa-to-call-inquiry-into-alberta-saskatchewan-trans-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/913443\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocates plea for Ottawa to call inquiry into Alberta, Saskatchewan trans laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Advocates are in Ottawa asking the federal government to call an inquiry into provincial laws they say have escalated harassment, bullying and mental health harms for transgender people.<\/p>\n<p>Laws on the books in Saskatchewan and Alberta require parental consent for students under 16 to change their names or pronouns at school.<\/p>\n<p>Alberta also has a law that bans transgender athletes 12 and older from participating in amateur competitive female sports, and another that restricts gender-affirming medical care for youth.<\/p>\n<p>LGBTQ+ advocates say members of Parliament need to hear from those impacted by these laws, adding that some have taken their own lives since the policies were enacted.<\/p>\n<p>Both Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe invoked the notwithstanding clause to shield their laws from court challenges.<\/p>\n<p>They say the school rules are about parental rights, and Smith\u2019s government says its other laws are about safety for females playing sports and ensuring youth don\u2019t make rash, life-altering decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Edmonton as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=edmonton.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790642657_807_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Advocates are in Ottawa asking the federal government to call an inquiry into provincial laws they say have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,549,84,713,47,20739,714,715,82],"class_list":["post-913443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-education","tag-health","tag-justice","tag-national","tag-ottawa","tag-politics","tag-social","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}