Alberta says parental consent needed for students to change their name, pronouns
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- Alberta will be requiring schools to notify and gather parental consent if their child changes their names and pronouns in school.
In a social media post on Wednesday afternoon, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said the government will be requiring parental notification and consent if a child 15 years or younger changes their name and pronouns at school.
Parents of children aged 16 and 17 will not need to consent to the name and pronouns changes but will need to be notified, Smith said.
Parents will also need to be notified and be given the choice to opt-out classroom discussions and instruction on gender identity, sexual orientation or human sexuality. All third-party materials regarding these subjects must be pre-approved by the Ministry of Education, she added.
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If sex and gender aren't a developmental process but only a social construct, why rush to do it in a young age?
i have great news. in today's alberta the time between "hey trans might be a good fit for me" and anything approaching permanent is a decade. lots of time to get out of those awkward teenage years.
Because as with any other type of narratives, it is more difficult to convince them to transition when they are older, mature and experienced.
@@AaronTConner Good, so long as it’s after 18. Otherwise it’s child abuse and mutilation.
The fact that this is a topic of discussion hurts my brain
Isn't it embarrassing that this HAS to happen with legislation.
Like thank you Danielle Smith for reinforcing this, but it's pretty sad that a politician has to legislate this.
No kidding
A mad world
@caterinascarcella not the world, just the west. Wake tf up
Right?! Unbelievable that we have to waste precious time and money on this insanity! Good on you Danielle!
Good it's well past time that someone pushed back on the insanity.
The fact that this is controversial is controversial.
Well said
Welcome to 2024 Canada, we're going to be looked down upon in history for this lunacy. We're the new bad guys of history, and most of us are NOT happy about it.
truer words have never been spoken.. Amen
how hurting kids and people can be controversial?! ideology of transgender is harmful.
it's not controversial.... at all.... only people making this a divisive issue are authoritarians who belong in prison.
This is good. A step in the right direction. These kids need proper counselling, not drugs or surgeries.
YES!
Drugs and surgeries... who is advising that?
@@billwhitis9997 what do you think hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgeries are? Do you live under a rock?
@@billwhitis9997 People that are making a lot of money.
@@billwhitis9997 the same sort of people that lobotomized kids for having sexual urges. The government had to step in and ban that insanity and this brand of craziness is next
Finally someone standing up for children & families…….how refreshing!
You said it a mouth full
Society has officially gone nuts!!
We all ready did
Always has been.
Canada is now falling suite , used to be proud to call this place my home country . I’m sickened by it now
Thank you Danielle, finally someone with a voice of reason speaking out!
so, this is for parents rights? except marliana isn't giving parents a choice here, she's removing it despite their preference
@@AaronTConner Excuse me? Their? They identify as there/they're.
@@AaronTConner Are u serious?
Her first name is Marliana, yet she goes by Danielle
She doesn’t even practice what she preaches
@@vwgames49 she explained that already. Her parents made that choice
Aren’t schools supposed to focus on Math, Science, History, Physical Education and Language Arts. Schools are for academics. Keep focus on the fundamentals of education. Children must be protected.
Sometimes from their parents though.....
Perhaps this is why younger generations are not as keen on getting an education. I mean what are they actually learning?
I agree. They should focus on those things instead of being moral guardian tattletales.
@@menajee94if conservatives have their way, children would be taught lies in the name of "protection".
@@Zalintis
Sometimes, and sometimes kids need protection from teachers.
There's a long history of problems from educational facilities.
The gender ideologues are losing ground...finally.
I can hear them screaming and crying in the street right now
Even though children with those ideologies are at risk of estrangement and subsequent homelessness?
@@swissidol8403 Children don't have ideologies. They have feelings that change by the second.
Kind of concerning they gained any traction in the first place
@@systemofadown945 They had the wind of the media and weak politicians at their backs.
Its not transphobic, its ensuring kids cant make decisions they wont be able to take back.
2 yrs ago my daughter was adamant she was a they. I supported her feeling that way, however i had very real conversationscwith her. Now shes 2 yrs older and shes very comfortable being a girl. I personally know 2 little girls she grew up with that changed their names to masculine names and cut their hair and changed their clothes...
Again, now both of them have went back to their original names and are identifying as girls again.
Kids change their mind, any parent knows this. Do not allow KIDS to make choices that will affect the rest of their lives.
When they are old enough to make that decision, if its what they want, fine go ahead, but stop calling us transphobic for that.
For wanting our kids to enjoy being kids... it hurts my brain that this is at all controversial.
This! A thousand times this!
The difference between supporting your child and enabling dangerous mindsets are a fine line though.
Controversial ? how can something supported by 80% of the people be controversial, what's controversial is the news coverage
Thank God! This needs to happen across the NATION
Actually, what needs to happen across the NATION is nothing. The less time we spend debating this non issue, that affects very few people, the better it is for the vast majority of people who, it is my understanding, will never deal with this problem. The problems of the few are not the problems of the many.
Awesome . Great news . Now if the reporting had also talked to some parents instead of cherry picking one person .
Global is biased as hell
Its crazy this is even up for debate!
The idea that kids who can't get a tattoo, drink or smoke cigarettes are allowed to get irreversible body alterations is bonkers.
They believe their own babies are just clumps of cells. Liberals are bonkers.
It isn't bonkers, it is evil!
My understanding is that they can't make those permanent changes until they're over 18 but there are medicines that they'd have to take before surgeries could happen ideally. No doctor is operating on kids under 18.
Good thing that that isn't something that is actually happening. Strawman arguments have no merit in reality.
@@ddhqj2023
You know those 'medicines' cause irreversible changes to the body, and that there's no data showing what long term impacts will be, right?
"This is not rooted in science"... lol. But denying thousands of years of biology is. K
id rather get my science from today's professionals rather than paint on a cave wall. just saying.
The guy talking about rooting in science is something else
@@AaronTConner Biology has left chat
Its not rooted in human rights respect & dignity either
@@lisahardy9707 Lisa, are you a born female or transgender female? I see in other comments that you think trans women should compete it female sports?
You can't drink smoke or vote till 18+ . So why let things go on at 15
It's 12 here in America 🥴 21 years to smoke
How does anyone actually prevent kids from smoking and drinking?
@@highmedic2351well certainly by not handing them a pack of smokes and a bottle..
@@highmedic2351 He never used the word prevent - you did. It's a matter of making it legal vs making it illegal.
@@highmedic2351by proper parenting
It’s rooted in what most Albertans want
It's rooted in what sane Albertans want
@@MrSilvertech real Albertans are sane.
Oh yes.
Not limited to Albertans. There is a sane majority in canada
@@RepublicOfWesternCanadaNOW like real men and real germans and real...
Education is reading, writing and arithmetic!
Leave sexual content out of school!
As a current highschool student, it's not a part of lessons nor has ever been
@@liv.nich. If you're currently in high school than you just missed the targeting of elementary school age children by those pushing the trans agenda. Be thankful.
@@liv.nich. I don’t know which school you go to but that’s not true in most of the country, they have segments on s3xual “education” in just about every school district including in elementary schools and middle schools. This includes 🌈 indoctrination. Look at the SOGI program for example.
@@liv.nich.Where do think it comes from?… Teachers after hours or Teachers unions or Liberal Politicians or Media?
Global news. Why don’t you report how most albertans agree with this
Most Canadians agree with this.
Speak for yourself. You're not MOST albertans
@@aprilgoffinet3159face it, you are outnumbered, most sane rational ppl aren't falling for your craziness anymore
Because most people familiar with the complexity of the issue realize how dangerous and stupid Smith actually is
Speak for yourself. You have no idea who agrees and who does not so how can you claim "most"?
I don't understand why this is even an issue. They're minors. They don't have the capacity to be making those kind of decisions for themselves. That's the parents' responsibility to make those kind of decisions for their children. We don't let children walk into a doctor's office and get other types of surgeries without parental consent, so why would this be any different.
Sorry are you saying that you think bottom surgeries are performed on people under 18? That’s not legal in Canada.
@@McLovin1759even hormone therapy is damaging and permanent. Any doctor who has done this to a child needs to lose their license
@@McLovin1759
Okey, so this shouldn't be an issue for you then.
I can't say much because of confidentiality but this has happened in this province before involving someone under 16 .
This law is blatantly discriminatory. In Canada, a child of 16 can get birth control, get vaccines, etc without their parents permission or knowledge. They should be allowed to get other medications, too. Children under 17 can’t get cosmetic surgery, either. So… why do they need a special law? Why is birth control okay, but not puberty blockers? And puberty blockers only after age 15? They’ve ALREADY gone through puberty by then, it’s too late! This is based in total right wing Christian ideology, not what is BEST FOR KIDS!
This is a damn embarrassment. No kid under 18 should be allow any of this garbage.
Since when has this been a debate no minor should be allowed a tattoo tf are we doing debating gender reassignment
We don't debate with idiots
@@cassidystarchild7907exactly, which is why Danielle Smith put this in place without debating any of the idiots first. Good on her.
@cassidystarchild7907 please stop child mutilation .
Surgery makes sense but pronouns and puberty blockers are not in the same hemisphere...
@@Zalintisit's all nonsense.
Some common sense finally prevails. It’s unimaginable this is even a conversation
It's bigotry
@@cassidystarchild7907Yeah if you're delusional.
It's unimaginable that a province would try to legislate in favour of homophobia / transphobia.
It's because the yag mafia through teachers are trying to take parent's kids away. Never thought it would be controversial to get parent's consent. Crazy lefties.
@@Mutex30 Transphobia doesnt exist because transgenderism isn't real.
How could 15 year old who cannot drive but allowed cut off parts of their bodies!
They aren't and they weren't. That part of the legislation is pretending to solve a problem that doesn't exist.
@@Hyperpandas at least its a good preventatitve measure, as it is allowed in some western countries.
Those places will go down in history as states that castrated/sterilized children.
No place is allowed to cut their own part yet. But maybe kids should be able to drive earlier? They are more responsible than some adults😊
@@schmeaty.1297 Except she bundled in a bunch of other bad ideas, like shifting from "opt out" sex ed to requiring "optmin" for every single lesson. Also, requiring parental permission for teachers to use names students want is ridiculous.
It's not sound policy... it's a partisan pander to a base that's been whipped up by bad arguments.
Crazy world we live in!
FINALLY COMMON SENSE IS BACK IN CANADA! 🇨🇦
It was once “common sense” that some people were just slaves and others were born to rule over them. These nonsensical culture wars are just that - nonesense.
Really. Why not just say you're a bigot?
🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊
and what is that to you exactly
@@ClarityDetermination protecting children is not bigotry. Pretending you are something you can never be is not admirable or sane
To those that are saying people under 18 aren't getting surgeries....
The National Post Sept 2023
Hospitalizations and day surgery visits for bilateral mastectomies for gender reassignment surgery have risen sharply, from 536 in 2018-19, to 985 in fiscal 2022-23, according to data compiled for National Post by the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
Of the 4,071 visits in total involving gender-affirming mastectomies or breast reductions reported since 2018, 602 involved youth 18 and under.
Of those, 303 involved teens 17 and younger. The youngest age was 14.
The numbers tell only part of the story. The CIHI data exclude Quebec hospitals as well as surgeries performed in private clinics like the McLean Clinic in Mississauga, which describes its surgeons as “industry pioneers” for top surgery - mastectomies and breast reductions in those assigned female at birth, and breast augmentation for those born male transitioning to female.
One specialist in transgender health issues said that, when applying for OHIP funding for people seeking top surgery, “50 to 70 per cent will go to McLean.”
Thanks for sharing this important info.
Why is this news?? It's called common sense
This isn’t controversial. It’s common sense
true but that doesn't mean the topic hasn't caused controversy. If it didn't -we wouldn't even be having this conversation
Nope! It goes against all medical and scientific advice.
Finally something that makes sense in this scary world. And I’m gay. Leave the kids alone!
& when you came out to your parents was it your choice when you did or did teacher tell your parents?
@@lisahardy9707Well it definitely isn’t a teachers job to keep it from the parents.
Teachers are rarely ever malicious enough to indoctrinate youth into changing their sexual identity. Attempted sexual misconduct, pushing agendas, etc. are certainly issues in our education system, but chances are that if a child chooses to change their gender from what was assigned at birth, that change will have arrived internally; not because “being gay is the latest fad.”
Legislation would not have permitted educators to withhold information about children’s sexuality if said children were guaranteed safety in their respective households. Domestic abuse resulting from gender issues are prevalent throughout all societies so with that in mind, I think that it is reasonable for schools to not inform parents of pronoun changes and the like; especially when unveiling that info could lead to endangerment and abandonment of children who identify in a certain way.
@@swissidol8403 that is so beyond incorrect and misleading. Of course children are influenced by what they think is cool, are you kidding? I used to watch movies as a child and whatever I would watch I would want to be after, if it was about a ninja? I wanted to be that. A dancer? Wanted to be that. A dude who skateboards? I wanted to be that. I am a tomboy and used to cry myself to sleep every night because I wasn’t a real boy. Took me until 25 years old to learn how to love myself the body I was in. These are children, all they do is copy and watch. Which is why so many children fantasize about being different things constantly especially from movies and tv shows they are flowing into their brains. One day to the next. Why do so many children want to be dinosaurs and unicorns? Both things don’t even exist. Just like changing your gender doesn’t. This is why children can’t make life altering decisions that will effect them for the rest of their life such as Smoke or get tattoos for the rest of their lives.
Teachers should be teaching children about how to love themselves and educate them on life tasks. THAT IS ALL. They should not be expected to hide things from parents and teach children about gender ideology that is not in their lane, nor in anyone’s aside from the parents.
@@lisahardy9707 It was obviously my choice. This whole debate isn’t about teachers telling parents about their gay children? Why would a child know what sexuality they are when they haven’t hit puberty? Weird thoughts you have relating children and sexual orientation. It’s not the teachers business. In regards to pronouns a teacher telling parents their child is changing their pronouns is a separate issue. That’s a deep rooted mental health issue that parents NEED to address early as gender doesn’t change, just like race doesn’t. We can change the outside and have people perceive as this new ideology but that doesn’t make it fact or true. A trans woman can never have children or bleed monthly for example... sad I even have to explain this.
This is purely about parents needing to sign off on life altering horrifying surgeries on children. I would never walk into school and demand people call me mike and change my pronouns as a child because then of course my teachers would tell my parents, I would want them too cause clearly something is off inside. That used to be a mental health disorder when you pretended to be something you aren’t and of course I wouldn’t flaunt that unless I wanted unwanted attention for it? I did go through a phase of cutting my hair short at 7 years old and telling my friends to call me mike though. See the difference? The children should leave the teachers out of it unless they want their parents involved. Very simple. I’m a healthy functioning adult now to who’s just a masculine lesbian. Like most children who are confused about their genders turn into. LEAVE THEM ALONE. You’ve been fed a lie about the trans movement and most people on support of it actually no very little about what’s happening.
Do you know what hormone blockers actually are? I will guarantee that you don’t, or the damage it does to a child’s body long term. The people with the loudest voices have the least information, that’s the worst part.
Get these activists out Canadian schools.
Lol there are NO ACTIVISTS in school
Absolutely! So why the f@ck is Alberta legislating a student's personal choice of pronoun?!? Focus on education and stay OUT of social matters. What does it hurt anyone if a boy wants to be called 'they' or 'she' or 'he'?
She literally says in her public address that she cares deeply about the LGBTQ+ community, so the activists aren't leaving. If anything, they're going to be more vocal about having their rights infringed upon; namely the part in the legislature that forcefully outs children to their parents? Who thought that was a good idea?
@@swissidol8403 80% of the population in Alberta did, including me who’s gay and thought I was trans for a very long time. Parents should not be separated from their own children’s issues. I used to make all my friends call me mike in elementary school and my teachers told my parents. Who allowed me to dress as I wanted and be who I was for my tomboy faze which is beyond normal for many young girls who are gay.
Vs
Taking chemotherapy drugs to block my natural bodies response for a healthy development. Which then would have meant I would have needed a full hysterectomy in my early 20’s so my body wouldn’t start attacking itself from the inside out. I would also experience severe bone issues from the chemotherapy drugs which then will stop me from having a healthy and normal adulthood and I will be stuck on multiple big pharma medications for the rest of my life. All of these things in turn will then shorten my life drastically.
Are you aware of anything I said above? Because I’m noticing the people with the strongest opinions don’t actually have any accurate information about what’s happening to these children who are more then likely going through a phase. As children do. I wanted to be a ninja, an angel, an alien… see the theme? Gender is no different. Which is why children should be adults before making adult life altering decision. Which is no different than a tattoo, and even those can be removed. Where has common sense gone?
Moving to Alberta I hope they have room with all these ppl fleeing BC
This country is doomed. This topic shouldn't even be a thing to discuss
I think what Danielle Smith is implementing is a good start in protecting our children, but in my opinion the age needs to be much higher to remove healthy breasts and genitals. Ideally, 25 years old because that is the point youth’s brains fully mature. Read Abigail Shriek’s book irreversible damage and you will understand the harm that is happening to our youth.
Yet there are very few laws saying u have to be 25 to do anything.
You can vote at 18.
25 is a good age
It’s only triggered division for those pushing an adult agenda upon children without parental involvement.
This should be policy all across Canada.
Too many Libs it'll never happen
Yeah, getting phone calls from the school cause your kid has a new nick name every week. This is genuinely a stupid bill. I wouldn't be surprised if teens start changing their names on purpose so the school has to constantly report it.
@Bendylife Naw, as a new dad, I definitely want to know what's going on in my kids classroom and if it's anything other than math or science you better believe I want to know. Glad teachers will need to think twice before pushing the pride agenda on children. And now there will be consequences if they do. This is amazing news.
@@waterloojew No wonder I have so many friends that hate their parents in Albera. You guys are crazy controlling. I hope you're not surprised if you child stops talking to you one day.
@verajaynepalmer lol what is cope about Alberta having such a bad reputation that a ton of young people want to leave and never talk to their parents again?
Danielle you are doing the right thing for children
thank you from Normal Albertans
Everyone feels uncomfortable during puberty. Everything changes so quickly and none of it is particularly enjoyable. If feeling uncomfortable in your body as one gender, how does changing to the other gender fix that?
Yup so confused but these alphabet gangs want kids to go to their dark side
@becausereasons- good point.
It's just a sick experiment
Do you know when most kids know that they’re trans? Age 5. Most will tell you that that notion was quashed very quickly, and they were socialized to repress it. Some are consciously aware of repressing it, some aren’t. Then, as they approach puberty, those feeling rise again. Again, they are either quashed or hidden, or acknowledged. The suppression of their identity is what leads to the dysphoria. Research has shown that the earlier a child is allowed to express their gender socially, the fewer issues they have as they get older. The rates of depression, suicide, etc all go down dramatically. Allowing gender expression has been shown to have no negative effects. So why on earth would you try to suppress someone’s natural expression of their identity.
Disallowing gender expression kills.
@@karenneill9109 sometimes my 5 year old thinks he is a T-rex. kids don't know what they want, they are in the process of growing and until your around 25 your brain hasn't fully grown. boys play with dolls and girls play with toy guns that doesn't mean a girl wants to be a boy and a girl wants to be a girl. if you don't say anything about trans topics kids won't know, that's beacuse kids learn from there parents
How many here made a decision as a teen that later on in life you thought, yep what a horrible idea that was.
I got a tattoo in my 20s, and I regret it. Imagine being a kid and getting top or bottom surgery. This whole this is absurd.
There are a lot of decisions teens make that they regret, this one isn't all that unique among them.
This policy imo is ok but the teachers have to be snitches part is where it's iffy, kids will be forced to have that conversation before they're ready or have the numbers to argue in favour of what they want and the result of that could be disastrous.
Crazy to see these comments and which side they are all on compared to the one sided newscast
Lots of lefties protest everywhere they can....
Why is that weird. TH-cam and FB are full of boomers aka right wingers
That's why traditional media is dying
A like to dislike ratio (around 90% for, 10% against) further goes to show that the mainstream media in Canada is the one forcing the views only shared by the fringe minority onto the rest of the public.
@justinbernard9129 it's "Trudeau Funded Media" now
Now we need every other province to join in on this too and change the policies for the better. Go Alberta.
Yeppppppp
And also, stop your nonsense Alberta.
Hats off ... thank you Alberta...
I am so relieved now. It’s just too bad common sense is not so common.
I just call it "sense", now. It's an extremely rare ability.
Finally, some common sense
How is this even open for debate? Obviously parents have the right to raise and make decisions for their kids. Hopefully the rest of Canada will follow suit.
schools do the most good for the most kids. dont like it? home school is an option.
No, they have the *responsibility* - unless things at home are so bad that child welfare seizes the kids, the state should emphatically *not* be making these decisions - the state does not have anywhere near enough information to make decisions for individual children on a widespread basis.
@@AaronTConner You've hit the nail on the head - 4 out 5 teens with gender dysphoria go on to be gay. To transition one of those children is tragic. If parents can't stand that the schools don't immediately start transitioning every dysphoric teen, they can always home-school.
Let’s start listening to the children, now grown, that had their bodies mutilated. How healthy are they? How many prescription drugs do they need to take a day? How comfortable are they in their bodies? How is their mental health?
And is the data on all of that being recorded? How many desist? What are the school policies and medical treatment path for those who wish to de transition?
Global News can't actually practice journalism. It is so sad to see this one-sided bias in our corporate media. Who are the people that decide on their editorial stance? Danielle Smith is one of the few highly intelligent and capable leaders we have.
Trudeau only pays for propaganda, not journalism
In this instance Danielle Smith's culture war stance is logically correct. She, however, is neither intelligent nor capable. A broken clock is right twice a day and that's higher than her average by far. Just grateful she got this one right.
They are bought and paid for globalists
@@frsmith5069i disagree, she seems quite intelligent to me.
So if they mentioned the socially conservative side, and what is in the new bill, without mentioning the objection from the socially progressive side you think THAT would be journalism?
Pointing out the bill, and the people who object to the bill - is presenting both sides of the issue with journalistic practice.
Just because they mention the side you do not agree with does not make them bias. There was opposition to this and there are people who are angry about it...that is fact.
The middle ground always looks like the other side from wherever you are standing.
At least there is 1 premier that stands up for parent rights, good job
3 premiers Danielle smith is third to do this after Blaine Higgs and Scott moe
yes very good
You mean standing up for straight people rights
@@cassidystarchild7907Yeah, delusional lefty.....typical.
@@myles3856 Higgs and Moe leave it to school boards to enforce. This is by far the furthest a Premier has gone.
I hope Trudeau’s Liberals are being confronted by their immigrant boy toys.
Looks like Alberta still has a common sense government.
Wish the rest of the country would wake up from woke.
To be woke in this sense is to have adopted a so-called social justice worldview of the critical theory type. It’s a postmodern viewpoint often seemingly driven by confusion, narcissism and/or resentment that betrays an assumption of power dynamics and is all masked in a veneer of compassion. It entails illiberal extreme leftist identity politics centred around the desire to change or even revolutionize the “system” to achieve equality of outcome through continually increasing biases in favour of under-represented groups, arbitrarily defined. It is radically progressive assuming existing systems and traditions are all bad, rejects truth in favour of platitudes, includes cancel culture, and sometimes recommends radical change, ignoring complex systems and the idea of unintended consequences.
That’s a quick thumb typed sketch off the top of the head.
Woke is an oxymoron term used to describe indoctrinated people who are obsessed with jumping on whatever mainstream bandwagon necessary to feel included …
Just when I finally learned all 76 genders they pull a fast one on me.
LMFAO!!!🤣🤣🤣
Being a teen is very difficult. I hope one day the kids understand waiting is for their own good. We need to stand up for kids rights to stay kids. To be who they are.
They need conscent to get a tatoos… so yeah
How will this harm young people? How is this transphobic? Kids going through puberty need time to sort out their feelings. How has this fundamental fact been completely forgotten and why is it being dismissed as a phobia to want your kid to go through puberty naturally? How is that a phobia?
It’s about destroying the nuclear family. Division at its finest.
there are a lot of traditional family in Alberta that are against changes. kids will be beaten by some parents when they find out that they want to change.
Would you say this to a kid who said they are cis and straight?
Because this policy will only affect gay and trans kids. Many of whom have parents who will HURT THEM if they found out.
But chopping parts off is not hurting them???
freedom is not let children to hurt their body, LGBT activist is bad for our country, As long as they grow up, then you can decide what life you want to be, not allow a kid to decide is to protect them. same as the drink and smoke.
This guy wants to be able to influence your children without you knowing. What a creep.
I think he wanted someone to put on the lotion and then place it into the bucket. 😮
Finally , a politician who makes sense . Children are children when they become adults they can do what they like .
She does not make sense. What she does is put children in danger by outing them for no reason.
@@ridingmoon1617 I agree. She's making the lives of many children and Families way more difficult.
Yup and we shouldn't have to pay for it
@@ridingmoon1617 Damn bro, at least we aint returning bullying
@@bagelsecelle9308 Bullying, l think we are way past that . Nothing but bullying people for speaking their minds !
If a teen was suffering from anorexia and believed they were fat would you go along with it so as not to hurt their feelings?
How about if the teen was schizophrenic - would you go along with their belief that the mice in the walls are talking to them?
Why is it when a the teen says they wanted to cut off a body part because they believed it would make them more complete the medical industry are ok with it?
The other obvious contradictions include that if we should accept people as they are, why change with radical medical interventions? A feminine boy, a masculine girl.
Also: I feel like the opposite sex: what does that even mean? How would one know what it’s like? And if it is like anorexia or body integrity disorder then it is a psychological condition not a medical condition.
And, the confusion over sex, gender and pronouns is wacky. We are a sexual species with 2 sexes. A male is called he/him, a female is called she/her. A woman is an adult female human, ditto man. A man dressing up as a woman even with hormones and surgery is still a man, or at least is not a woman.
Consenting adults can do what they want.
I have compassion for those affected and believe in dignity/respect/equality/inclusion, but truth and ideals must prevail.
it's all about money
Because all of your systems have been infiltrated by people with a certain political ideology. This isn't about "science", it never was.
@@somramchol it's not about money fool, it's about spitting in God's face!
@@chrishodgkinson3039 truth and reality over ideaology.
Canada needs more Smith
How will this harm kids, enough nonsense. No one under 18 should be allowed to do any gender change operation or take sexual hormones. They let kids change sex but not allowed to drink alcohol or gamble. Sad what is happening to Canada.
The western countrues
It’s not just Canada it’s the world too
For a teenager who knows what gender they identify as, because prevented from taking hormone blockers can be psychologically devastating. Why does a politician get to decide what is right for you and your family. Alberta is sliding back into the dark ages. Time to get out.
You’re woefully misinformed. Go watch some JammyDodger.
@@karenneill9109 Just because someone dis agrees with you doesn't mean they are misinformed.
I’m moving to Alberta…
Yes! We need more like you!
Parents being in charge of their chikdren’s lives? PERISH THE THOUGHT
Thank you. Bring it to BC
I’m glad a segment of Canada is finally coming to their senses.
In what world would any human agree for state to own your kids
In what world would any human agree for parents to own their kids. They're human, not property, no one owns them, the state is just stopping parents from acting like they own them.
Children are people too!
@@KateRunsIntoWallsin USA
In one where people believe the state is their god, their parent and their friend.
Many in canada believe that.
This is like a meth addict telling society that any refusal to affirm them in their use of meth, is causing them harm.
Lol being transgender has NOTHING to do with meth & has NOTHING to do with addictions
I’m Albertan and a parent and I agree one hundred percent with this. Those that disagree are absolutely insane and have a small minded approach and are not thinking about the long term health of children.
iM aN AlBerTan AnD A PaRe.. stfu, i want my kids happy as adults, not happy the way i think they should be happy.
@@AaronTConner @AaronTConner You want your kids unable to reproduce as adults? How are sterile adults going to be happy once they want to have children of their own? Seems like you're taking a leap of faith as big as those that you disagree with.
@@AaronTConner You want your kids sterile as adults? How are sterile adults going to be happy if they want to have children of their own? You're taking the bigger leap of faith than those that you disagree with. Leave the kids alone.
Thank you Premier. Proud to be from Alberta 💪💪
Proud to be your neighbours.
I'm embarrassed to be born and raised here
are you born in alberta
@@LIATH420 you should move to BC.
@@marktwain168 who are "we"
This is not hatred or phobic. This is child protection. Citizen projection. I may need to move from Ottawa to Albeta.
FT.
Finally, common sense. This should not even be an issue. Of course Parents should be the ultimate decision makers when it comes to their children.
Children are not parents property. Children do not owe their loves and choices to thier parents.
@gemcami7243 children are not property no. Children are the responsibility of their parents. It is the parent's responsibility to care and nurture their child, the parent clothes and feeds them. There is a reason why a 6 year old can't go into a liquor store and buy some vodka. There is a reason a child can't get a tattoo or buy a gun. Because children's ability to make significant life altering decisions can not be trusted. Even when a minor commits a crime, they are observed by a different set of rules. They have not developed their brain to that point where they fully comprehend the gravity of their decision. They are the responsibility of the parent. Now, an adult child living with their parents is already an adult and should be mentally developed to make decisions that will impact their future.
Parents are responsible for their kids and their gender until 18. When they become adults they can make their whole decision about their own body. That is only my opinion.
Parents have responsibilities and children have rights. Parents cannot take their childrens rights away under the law.
This changes the moment you want to amputate a body part. 🤦♂️
@@Sylvie_Mkids have no rights until 18 parents do
@@Sylvie_M no kids rights are being taken away weirdo
I am glad to hear the word "responsible" in your comment. Children have rights, parents have responsibilities. I learned from my lawyer that a parent cannot give away the rights of the child.
As a medical professional, I will offer what I know to be factual information for those who are interested in this chat.
Hormonal therapy merely puts a pause on puberty. It is totally reversible. It allows the child to sort out their complicated feelings before allowing/not allowing puberty to occur. They are ineffective to administer after puberty, ie after 18.
Children and their parents who seek treatment will be denied from doing so. So, some children's rights will be taken away.
If you choose not to access treatment for your child that is your decision, however that shouldn't mean that some who want it should be prevented from doing so.
Currently, gender reassignment surgery is not offered to youth under the age of 18. It does NOT happen NOW.
Medical treatment is NOT generally offered to minors without parental consent NOW for any purpose. There may be rare exceptions for "mature" or "emancipated" children.
Many decades ago, the reason for introducing sex ed in schools was due to the rising rate of teenage pregnancy. If this topic is not taught is schools, with the curriculum that is always approved by the Dept of Education, then children will learn it from their friends and on the internet. Over time, we have learned that they will not receive factual information.
I am not a weirdo as another person called me, but I am concerned about children. If you believe in freedom, then offer those children who are struggling the freedom to make their own decisions with their parents, their Dr. and the psychologist (as happens now).
Furthermore, if a parent is concerned about what is happening in schools, I would encourage talking to the child's teacher or principal. They are more than willing to communicate what is being taught and how they present the information.
Thank you Danielle! Alberta has found its way again. Keep up the good work. Next thing on the docket let's get Trudeau's hands off of our retirement savings before he gives that to the UN too.
COMMON SENSE!
That guy at the end pretending to be a woman talking about children fleeing alberta as refugees had me laughing hard
It’s delicious lol
Where will the all seek refuge?
I'm glad that she's doing this, but I'm disappointed that it is necessary to be written into law when it is common sense what she is saying
THANK GOD FOR DANIELLE SMITH! There is hope in Canada, and it starts in Alberta
Its absolutely absurd some 14 year old kid should decide to chop off their thingy
Population control. It was the Liberal plan all along.
Not often i agree with Smith, but here we are. Good moves.
Absolutely great job Danielle… time to move to Alberta where there’s some common sense
And people under 18 are parental property?
@@briandawkins984yeah lets minors make life altering decisions.
@@briandawkins984so if your 11 year old approaches you and says "I want to cut off my (insert body part here)" youll say: right on! Good Idea! ???
@@schmeaty.1297 no
But then you rmust really understand that this is a question requiring careful exploration as the question does not arise from a simple nexus likely. Or possibly it is not a serious question so again a careful exploration of the under laying nexus is required.
@@briandawkins984 yes you can explore the underlying cause... likely a mental problem. So yeah dont go mutilating ppl who cant give legal consent. Good night
Bravo Premier Smith! Children are in their parents’ care. parents and children can make the decisions for their families without interference from the state or other organizations.
Rules for thee but not for me? It interferences in some families decisions. But of course it's only good if it doesn't interfere with yours. Is that right?
The state is interfering in the care of some children. Perhaps not yours but others without a doubt.
@@verajaynepalmer You comment says more about you than me.
@@Sylvie_M if your genitals don't define your gender then how does removing them affirm it ?
All this simply because 99% of those who aren't offended by everything cater to the 1% who are.
This seems so utterly common sensical that it is astounding. We may be calling Alberta home very soon as BC has a long, long, long way to go and we don't feel like waiting.
More wonderful news.
As a leftist I am delighted by this news. "Our" side has been going down a crazy, sick road the last few years.
It was a gradual change for me, and I'm clearly not in any "tribe" anymore. I still believe in the traditional leftist issues, but the woke agenda is just a bridge too far.@@DaisyDay.-zt1fl
I think we all have half conservative/half liberal values inside because we all agree that one can do whatever makes them happy as long as they dont push that down the throat of 99% of the population (especially when it comes to children) - that is no longer the left, its the far-left, just like the far right is bad too. I'm a conservative, not far right.
I wish that were true, but I think evidence is to the contrary. I'm becoming a skeptic@@kaboom9081
Great decision, let the kids grow at their own pace. Don’t force SOGI 123456 on them. Once they grow up , they can make their own decisions. I am totally against this new born concept and highly appreciate the daring decision of Alberta premier. Shame on BC govt for not letting anti SOGI news getting published. Bravo Albertans!
this is an excellent policy. Thank Premier Smith. People are losing their connection to reality and reverting to name calling an bullying. Thank you for protecting my children and the children of others from an ideological lose of perspective.
Thank you Alberta for restoring common sense to child raising. Keep going ! ! ! BRAVO
Finally someone that has some sense
The need for such a clarification from the Premier goes to show how much society has lost touch with reality. Maybe the Premier's policy will bring back some common sense that has been sorely lacking in today's world.
It shouldnt be legal to have sex changes.
It's cosmetic surgery. Should be illegal for a mature adult to get breast augmentation?
@@MrSunrise- like fake breasts?no and if a person wants fake breast he should try to find a psychologist.
This is a non issue. My kids my rules. No secrets between kids and teachers. Fire people that don't agree with this .
As a parent myself, I understand my child will keep secrets from me and that is totally normal. You sound like a horror show of a parent.
@cassidystarchild7907 your fired
Your kids are not your property and you do not *own* them. They will make their own decisions and keep secrets, you can't do anything about it, and enforcing this type of mindset is downright abuse and your children will rightfully abandon you and resent you once they are adults.
@@cassidystarchild7907 soooooo, you’re okay with secrets between your kids and their teachers?
@@KateRunsIntoWalls well seeing as if your kid steals, assaults or commits essentially any crime the parent is the one that faces the consequences. It’s the parents who pay the fines, they also pay for the food, the roof over there heads. They also keep them alive… so yeah. Until kids become adults, they are owned by their parents. Simple. As. That.
Finally, common sense has a heartbeat again. Now, let's unseat Trudeau now!
About time an adult stood up for the kids…. Get the predators out of the schools and the laurentian mafia out of the HOC
Is it common sense for a child of a bigot to be a victim of that bigotry?
@@StormcastMarinethere's a 5 year old child in Kindergarten Cop that would teach you a very valuable lesson! 😂
@@StormcastMarine protecting kids from groomers is not bigotry
I hope most schools have the common sense to not follow this policy.
You clearly don't know what common sense means.
@@OneManJam I clearly do, considering it only takes a little to realize how harmful this policy is.
@bunkieboy3052 and if it was reversed, it would harm significanty more children and parents.
@@bunkieboy3052 Yes so harmful to prevent children from permanently harming their bodies. Get a life...
@@robbarber7253 I’m not talking about physical body alteration. Outing kids to their parents before they’re ready can have dangerously harmful to them.
This is common sense to protect children and parents. Not a slight on transgender people.
Of all the problems we have in Canada, this is what they chose to spend legislative time on. SMH
Yes, protecting children should be near the top priorities of any society as without strong, well adjusted and healthy youth a society is doomed.
Rational minds are speaking up.
Where are they? They don't appear to be commenting here or being elected in AB.
@@guywhousesyewtube When you point there are three fingers pointing at yourself.
Finally!!!
The news got the audacity to interview a she man but didn’t have the balls to interview a parent… this goes to show who the enemy is
Alberta is lucky to have Danielle Smith as our premier.
I am so proud to call myself an Albertan.
❤
This is a non issue. The masss psychosis seems to be dying out
Best premier in Canada.
Tell many people here in Edmonton that.
Agree. From Ontario
@@TheBrendon67 im in Edmonton and i agree that she is the best Premier. You are forgetting that Edmonton voted left in both: mayor election and provincial. So don't put a blame on her for any of the crap happening here.
she's well received here in Edmonton@@TheBrendon67
Broken clock Smith? She doesn't even average right 2 times per day. But she got this one right so credit where credit is due.
Wow... this is allctually sane! Bravo premier Smith!!