Canada’s Gender Transition Policies for Minors Least Restrictive Worldwide: Report

Canada’s Gender Transition Policies for Minors Least Restrictive Worldwide: Report
Testoserone medication, which can be prescribed to females who want to become male, in a file photo. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Jennifer Cowan
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Canada is the most permissive country in the world regarding legal and medical gender transition processes for minors, a new report has found.

Canadian policies tend to be less strict than those in Northern and Western European countries, according to the findings of a landmark study series from the Calgary-based Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy and Do No Harm, a group of health-care professionals and policymakers who advocate for keeping identity politics “out of medical education, research, and clinical practice.”