Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will hold a news conference today about the sweeping and controversial gender policies for children and youth she announced on social media Wednesday.
Smith will speak to media at 1:30 p.m. MT in Calgary.
You can watch it live here.
In a seven-minute video posted to social media Wednesday afternoon, Smith announced that her United Conservative Party government will implement a slate of new policies and guidelines relating to transgender young people and other children and youth.
Among the measures:
Top and bottom gender reassignment surgeries will be banned for minors aged 17 and under. Puberty blockers and hormone therapies
