Sources close to Premier Danielle Smith have told The Counter Signal that the UCP leader has received a whopping 91.5% approval rating at her leadership review.
Beyond the leadership review, party members voted on a number of policy resolutions presented by party constituencies. The policies are non-binding, meaning the UCP will not have to act on them. But the resolutions are meant to inform the UCP about what their base values and expects.
Five of these resolutions are related to gender, including one that seeks to “acknowledge that there are only two biological sexes and accordingly provide male or female as the exclusive options on all official government documents.”
This resolution comes after a number of federal and far-left provincial governments in Canada have started using woke terms like “birthing person” to refer to women, or “person with a cervix,” so as to account for biological women who identify as transgender.
The AGM comes just two days after Premier Danielle Smith tabled three monumental legislative changes on Thursday related to transgender policies, billed as protections for vulnerable children, parental rights, and women.
One of the three bills will make it illegal for doctors to prescribe so-called transgender kids with hormone blockers (dubbed “gender-affirming care”) until they are at least 16-years-old.
Teens aged 16 and 17 could receive these treatments, but only with approval from parents, a physician, and a psychologist. The bill also prohibits gender-affirming surgeries for all minors.
Opt-in for Parents
Another bill related to Alberta’s education entails that parents must opt-in for their children to receive sex education, including instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation. Moreover, all third-party instructional materials will require approval from Alberta Education before classroom use.
Additionally, schools must obtain parental permission for name or pronoun changes for students under 15, and notify parents of such changes for students aged 16-17.
Women’s Sports
Finally, the Fairness and Safety in Sport Act, aims to restrict female competitive sports teams to athletes who were born female, to ban biological males who self-identify as female from unfairly competing against women.
This rule would apply to high schools, colleges, universities, and amateur sports organizations. Smith said co-ed sports divisions will be encouraged to provide opportunities for trans-identified athletes, should they not want to compete against peers of the same biological sex.
