Mon Nov 21, 2022 – 5:10 pm ESTMon Nov 21, 2022 – 5:11 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) – According to recently released documents, the Trudeau government’s justice minister, David Lametti, asked his department staff in 2021 to draft a directive that would force federal lawyers to offer their “pronouns” at the start of any proceeding.
According to a memo titled “Proactive Identification of Gender Pronouns,” the Minister’s Office was “made aware of a practice of communicating gender pronouns in British Columbia courts” during a “positive Space training held by the Advisory Committee for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (ACSOGIE) previously known as the ‘LGBTQ2+ Advisory Committee.”
This revelation “inspired” the Minister’s Office, which asked the National Litigation Sector “to develop a directive requiring Justice counsel to provide their pronouns and titles…in all court and administrative proceedings.” This is apparently standard practice in BC, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia.
The memo concluded that because the Department of Justice is “also committed to bringing about a more inclusive society, including through the legal system,” for the time being a “non-mandatory approach strongly encouraging or inviting the identification of pronouns is preferable, with a focus on education and
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