Mon Aug 7, 2023 – 3:03 pm EDT
FREDERICTON, New Brunswick (LifeSiteNews) – New Brunswick Progressive Conservatives failed to trigger a leadership review of Premier Blaine Higgs over his decision to add parental protections to its Gender Identity policy for public schools.
On July 31, New Brunswick Progressive Conservative (PC) Party president Erika Hachey announced the party had not received sufficient complaints to begin the process to remove the Higgs from office.
“I have determined that the requirements have not been satisfied,” Hachey said. “The leadership review process has not been triggered.”
In May, Higgs came under fire by LGBT activists for reviewing the province’s Gender Identity policy, as it allowed schools to hide students’ “transgender” status from parents.
“For [a desire to be identified with the opposite sex] purposefully to be hidden from the parents, that’s a problem,” Higgs told reporters, referring to his desire to change Policy 713, which currently requires children give consent for their parents to be informed if they decide to “change” their gender at school.
“To suggest that it’s okay that parents don’t need to know — just stop and think about that question for a moment,” he added.
Under the new policy,
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