Canada the Cruel

Who in their right mind would argue for child mutilation?

Well, Canada:

Nearly half of Canadians believe gender reassignment surgery for minors should be prohibited and support bans on hormone prescriptions for children, according to a new national survey of more than 2,000 Canadians.

The findings of the Postmedia-Leger poll come on the heels of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s announcement in late January instituting sweeping changes to transgender policies across the province. Smith unveiled new rules strengthening parental rights of consent for youth transitioning in schools, outright bans on top and bottom surgeries for minors and restrictions on how hormones can be prescribed to treat gender dysphoria.

“On the policies, she’s not wildly off the mark with respect to where public opinion generally is starting from,” said Andrew Enns, an executive vice-president at Leger.

Enns admitted that he was “a little bit surprised” by the findings given “the kind of reaction” that came when Premier Smith first tabled the legislation.

Roughly five in ten Canadians (45 per cent) support a blanket ban on gender reassignment surgery for minors, the most popular response in the category, while 11 per cent agreed that minors should be permitted to undergo gender reassignment surgeries “without the need for parental consent.” Meanwhile, nearly a third (30 per cent) found themselves somewhere in the middle, supportive of such medical interventions with parental consent.

 

Only five in ten?

What the hell? 

Also:

The latest changes also saw the prosecution service listing conversion therapy as a hate crime.

B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma said in a Feb. 16 statement that “the inclusion of hate propaganda and conversion-therapy offences” in particular will help the province hold those carrying out those activities accountable.

Offences related to conversion therapy refer to acts that “target and seek to repress, reduce, or change particular sexual orientations, gender identities, or gender expressions,” according to the revised Hate Crimes policy.

 

 

But children locked in a room with a counsellor convincing them that they are gay is not abusive for some reason.

Right ...

 

 

Laws in place did not protect Phoenix Sinclair. 

Anti-spanking laws are merely a way for the government to wedge itself in the family home:

MPs yesterday by a 208 to 115 vote gave Second Reading to a children’s rights bill that would ban spanking in the home. Critics opposed the New Democrat measure as federal intrusion into family life: “Are there parents in the House?”