Gender Ideology Has Finally Become a Mainstream Political Conversation in Canada

I genuinely doubted this day would ever come

Protesters against the changes to Policy 712 outside the New Brunswick Legislature. (Radio-Canada)

Pride month is a terrible time for Canadians who don’t buy into gender ideology and queer theory (and it’s actually a pride season up here, so we aren’t even through it yet), but this year did see some interesting developments which might give us a reason to hope.

In early June, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs surprised everyone by announcing that it would no longer be mandatory for teachers to use the preferred names and pronouns of students under 16. In fact, Higgs said that student names and pronouns could not be changed without parental consent (even though the policy itself wasn’t that explicit).

Readers might be thinking, “Wait, it used to be mandatory to use a student’s ‘preferred’ name and pronouns?” Yes indeed! In August 2020, New Brunswick passed Policy 713, the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity policy, which mandated just that.

Then, in early May 2023, Blaine Higgs' Progre…