The Saskatchewan government announced its controversial school pronoun policy after receiving 18 letters from concerned citizens and without holding any external consultations, according to recently released internal documents.
“What’s shocking is how little there is here to justify such drastic legislative action,” said Charles Smith, an associate professor of political studies at the University of Saskatchewan, who looked through the documents, which CBC obtained through access to information requests.
“The political lobbying is minimal at best. Eighteen people is not a significant political push. So the question is what was driving the government? Something else is clearly happening here, likely political calculations.”
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