In his column for CTVNews.ca, for NDP leader Tom Mulcair calls out senior politicians he accuses of using the issue of gender identity to gain support of certain voters, at the expense of the fundamental right to equality.
If it were an oblique attack against people for who they are in terms of their religion or ethnicity, calling out that prejudice would be a slam dunk. Most segments of our society would denounce it. No serious politician would ever get close to it.
It is no less bigoted and prejudicial to target people for who they are in terms of their gender or sexual orientation. Unfortunately, it’s still possible for some politicians to fan the flames of intolerance on these issues by claiming honourable motives.
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This summary doesn’t tell me what they are actually doing, though
That’s not very different from the main article, which mostly assumes that people already know what is going on.
It does contain links to other stories so that those not up to date with the news in Canada can know what is going on. https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/sask-youth-advocate-deeply-troubled-by-new-pronoun-policy-1.6531792
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/parents-must-be-fully-involved-in-student-s-decision-to-change-pronouns-ontario-education-minister-says-1.6537959