Pro-transgender rights counter-protesters protest across the street from the front lawn of the New Brunswick legislature where a group is holding a rally against the teaching of "gender ideology" in schools in Fredericton on Sept. 20, 2023. Fredericton police separated the two groups.Photo by Stephen MacGillivray/The Canadian Press

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Susan Holt's Liberals plan to roll back the Higgs government's amendments to Policy 713 — but that doesn't go far enough for some

by · National Post

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) was among the parties pleased with the result of last week’s election in New Brunswick, which dispatched Blaine Higgs’ Progressive Conservative government in favour of Susan Holt’s Liberals. The CCLA had launched a legal challenge against the former government’s amendments to Policy 713, which says what schools should do when a child wishes to be referred to by another name or different pronouns.

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