LGBT activists claim that telling parents about what their kids do at school is a human rights violation

Aug 20, 2023 by Jill

by Jonathon Van Maren, The Bridgehead:

One of the things LGBT activists have understood far better than social conservatives is the old political maxim “personnel is policy.” That is, those who answer the phones and staff the offices and the bureaucracy actually have a tremendous amount of influence and power—the politicians themselves are often only the tip of the iceberg. Many important decisions are made by people we did not elect and will never be accountable to voters.

One of those bureaucrats is targeting New Brunswick premier Blaine Higgs’ new parental rights policy, which has proven very popular. The amendment to Policy 713—which Higgs has said he is willing to fight an election over—is simple: schools cannot “socially transition” children by changing their names or pronouns without informing parents. This is a widely-supported, common sense policy that is standard in many other places, but to LGBT activists who would like to keep parents out of these essential conversations, Higgs’ move is enormously threatening.

Kelly Lamrock is a former Liberal MLA, lawyer, and consultant to the province of New Brunswick as “Child and Youth Advocate.” To much media fanfare, he has presented Higgs with the latest challenge to his parental rights policy, releasing a report of nearly 100 pages accusing the government of violating the Charter rights of children. According to Global News:

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