As an LGBTQ community, I believe it is crucial for allies and champions to unite against any attack on our communities. Minister Randy Boissonnault highlights the support from organizations like the Social Workers Association of Alberta, Alberta Teachers Association, and Canadian Civil Liberties Association, who are ready to initiate a court challenge.
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Minister Randy Boissonnault "This is our NATO moment as an LGBTQ community. An attack on one of our communities is an attack on us all and I need allies and champions to stand up. We already have the Social Workers Association of Alberta, the Alberta Teachers Association the Canadian Civil Liberties Association... they will start a court challenge."
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This is a statement opposing a move by Danielle Smith and the UCP government in Alberta. The speaker argues that this move endangers the safety of queer and gender questioning kids in schools. They express concern that students may now out these kids to their parents, creating an environment of fear and marginalization. The speaker calls for support from allies and champions in the LGBTQ2 community, mentioning organizations like the Social Workers Association of Alberta and the Alberta Teachers Association. They also mention a planned rally at the legislature in Edmonton. The speaker emphasizes the importance of standing up for the kind of Canada and Alberta we want.
Speaker 0: This isn't a question about parental rights. This is about keeping kids safe. This is a unilateral ideological move by Danielle Smith and the UCP government to marginalize kids, to other them, and to out not just trans and gender but non binary kids, but all queer kids. You're gonna go to a school as a young queer kid or a gender questioning kid and now have to look over your shoulder to wonder which of your other students are going to out you so that they call your parents. Nobody calls you when you join the chess club.
Nobody calls your parents when you join the basketball team. Nobody calls your parents when you join the debate team. But now if somebody thinks you're questioning or queer, they're gonna tell the teacher and the teacher's gotta call the parents. That is not the Alberta I want or that we want. And so I can say this to all the youth, we're here with you.
We are going to look at every option that we have, and this is our NATO moment as an LGBTQ2 community. An attack on one of our communities is an attack on us all, and I need allies and champions to stand up. We already have the Social Workers Association of Alberta, the Alberta Teachers Association, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, and a gal who's already mentioned that they will start a court challenge onboard. There will be a rally at, the legislature in Edmonton on Sunday. I will be there.
And if there's ever been a time in this century for people to stand up for the kind of Canada and the kind of Alberta we want. It's today.
