Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Tuesday the prime minister has no business weighing in on New Brunswick’s Policy 713 on LGBTQ students and called on Justin Trudeau to “let parents raise kids.”
The policy was designed to protect LGBTQ students in schools. But earlier this year, New Brunswick’s Progressive Conservative government made changes that, in part, mean teachers are no longer required to use the chosen names and pronouns of transgender or non-binary students under 16 without parental consent.
At a Tuesday event in Moncton critiquing carbon taxation and the cost of living, Poilievre was asked whether he stands with New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs on
