Sask. Government Says Regina Public School Policy Prompted Parental Rights Bill

Sask. Government Says Regina Public School Policy Prompted Parental Rights Bill
People attend competing rallies over Saskatchewan's pronoun bill outside the legislature in Regina on Oct. 10, 2023. The Canadian Press/Heywood Yu
Chandra Philip
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The Saskatchewan government says a Regina Public School policy that left parents in the dark about their child’s use of gender pronouns at school prompted its move to introduce the Parental Rights Bill. 
Bill 137 was introduced in the Saskatchewan Legislature on Oct. 12, and MLAs are in the middle of an extending debate over the policy, which would require schools to seek parental consent if students under 16 years wanted to change their gender pronouns or identity.