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BC Conservative leader tells Jordan Peterson he opposes puberty blockers for children
From LifeSiteNews
‘I do not believe it is the right thing to do to support any kind of procedure that would sterilize a child.’
British Columbia Conservative leader John Rustad has told Dr. Jordan Peterson that he believes provincial governments should protect children from puberty blockers.
During a September 2 interview of the Jordan Peterson podcast, Rustad, who is running for premier of British Columbia, discussed protecting Canadians against the LGBT agenda, including safeguarding women’s sports and banning puberty blockers for children.
“I do not believe it is the right thing to do to support any kind of procedure that would sterilize a child, they are not old enough to make those kinds of decisions,” Rustad stated.
“Who knows where they’ll want to be in their future and I just think as a as a province we need to do everything we can to be able to protect children,” he continued.
Rustad also discussed the “Fairness in Women’s and Girls’ Sports Act,” which aimed to ban gender-confused males from competing in women’s sports.
“The intent is not to exclude anybody but not to take the rights of one people to give to the rights of other people,” Rustad explained.
“I think quite frankly it’s important that the rights of everybody should be able to be protected and particularly for you know women and girls if they want to you know for example go after scholarships or whatever it is and they want to be able to compete at high levels you know they should be able to compete fairly,” he continued.
Introduced in April, the private member bill would have mandated that all publicly-funded sports and athletic teams, events and tournaments be classified by sex. However, it was quickly shut down by the New Democratic Party (NDP), the left-wing party which currently runs the province.
“The interesting part was the left wouldn’t even allow it on the floor,” Rustad recalled. “They voted against it. They wouldn’t even let it pass first reading and first reading is usually just a formality before and then it gets called for further debate.”
In addition to this bill, Rustad has continuously worked to promote parental rights.
As LifeSiteNews previously reported, in October 2023, Rustad condemned SOGI 123, a nation-wide program pushing LGBT values in schools under the label of inclusivity.
Rustad also condemned school libraries for offering pornographic literature to children, citing a recent case where a library book deemed too offensive to be read in the legislature was available for children in school libraries.
Rustad is far from alone in his fight to protect Canadians from the LGBT agenda. In fact, Alberta, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick have all introduced legislation to uphold parental rights.
In February, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced new legislation that would ban doctors from pharmaceutically “transitioning” children, require parental consent for pronoun changes in school, and bar men claiming to be women from women’s sports.
Similarly, last September, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe announced that he will invoke his government’s notwithstanding clause to protect legislation stating that parents must be told if their child changes “genders” at school; a judge had ruled against the enforcement of the law earlier that day.
Even prior to Saskatchewan’s move, New Brunswick Premier Blaine 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.
New documentary produced by the Canadian Centre For Responsible Drug Policy features a 25-year-old student who purchased thousands of diverted “safer supply” opioids.
The Centre For Responsible Drug Policy, parent organization of Break The Needle, has launched its first mini-documentary: “Government Heroin.” The film follows the story of Callum Bagnall, a 25-year-old student from London, Ontario, who purchased thousands of opioid pills diverted from government-funded “safer supply” programs. Callum recounts how rampant fraud has turned these programs into a an abject disaster, leading to new addictions and immense profits for organized crime.
The film also features Joanne, his anxious mother, as well as Dr. Janel Gracey, an addiction physician whose clinical experiences make it obvious that safer supply is causing a wave of relapses and getting teenagers hooked on “government heroin.”
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From the Fraser Institute
By Julio Mejía and Elmira Aliakbari
The resulting reduction in global GHG emissions would amount to a mere four-tenths of one per cent (i.e. 0.004 per cent) with virtually no impact on the climate or any detectable environmental, health or safety benefits.
Last year, when the Trudeau government said it would cap greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the oil and gas sector at 35 to 38 per cent below 2019 levels by 2030, it claimed the cap will not affect oil and gas production.
But a report by Deloitte, a leading audit and consulting firm, found that the cap (which would go into effect in 2026) will in fact curtail production, destroy jobs and cost the Canadian economy billions of dollars. Under Trudeau’s cap, Canada must curtail oil production by 626,000 barrels per day by 2030 or by approximately 10.0 per cent of the expected production—and curtail gas production by approximately 12.0 per cent.
According to the report’s estimates, Alberta will be hit hardest, with 3.6 per cent less investment, almost 70,000 fewer jobs, and a 4.5 per cent decrease in the province’s economic output (i.e. GDP) by 2040. Ontario will lose more than 15,000 jobs and $2.3 billion from its economy by 2040. And Quebec will lose more than 3,000 jobs and $0.4 billion from its economy during the same period.
Overall, the whole country will experience an economic loss equivalent to 1.0 per cent of GDP, translating into lower wages, the loss of nearly 113,000 jobs and a 1.3 per cent reduction in government tax revenues. Canada’s real GDP growth in 2023 was a paltry 1.1 per cent, so a 1 per cent reduction would be a significant economic loss.
Deloitte’s findings echo previous studies on the effects of Ottawa’s cap. According to a recent economic analysis by the Conference Board of Canada, the cap could reduce Canada’s GDP by up to $1 trillion between 2030 and 2040, eliminate up to 151,000 jobs by 2030, reduce federal government revenue by up to $151 billion between 2030 and 2040, and reduce Alberta government revenue by up to $127 billion over the same period.
Similarly, another recent study published by the Fraser Institute found that an emissions cap on the oil and gas sector would inevitably reduce production and exports, leading to at least $45 billion in lost economic activity in 2030 alone, accompanied by a substantial drop in government revenue.
Crucially, the huge economic cost to Canadians will come without any discernable environmental benefits. Even if Canada were to entirely shut down its oil and gas sector by 2030, thus eliminating all GHG emissions from the sector, the resulting reduction in global GHG emissions would amount to a mere four-tenths of one per cent (i.e. 0.004 per cent) with virtually no impact on the climate or any detectable environmental, health or safety benefits.
Given the sustained demand for fossil fuels, constraining oil and gas production and exports in Canada would merely shift production to other regions, potentially to countries with lower environmental and human rights standards such as Iran, Russia and Venezuela.
The Trudeau government’s proposed GHG cap will severely damage Canada’s economy for virtually no environmental benefit. The government should scrap the cap and prioritize the economic wellbeing of Canadians over policies that only bring pain with no gain.
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