From LifeSiteNews

By Clare Marie Merkowsky

The Supreme Court of Canada is refusing to hear an appeal by Dr. Jordan Peterson after the College of Psychologists of Ontario mandated he undergo social media “training” or risk losing his license to practice after he challenged the LGBT agenda online.     

On August 8, Dr. Jordan Peterson, a best-selling Canadian author and clinical psychologist who gained fame for his opposition to compelled speech and gender ideology, had his appeal against the College of Psychologists of Ontario rejected by the Supreme Court of Canada. Peterson had petitioned the court after the regulatory body mandated he undergo social media “training” following complaints related to posts he made on social media opposing gender ideology, specifically the mutilation of children.

 “The court has rejected my appeal regarding the decision of the Ontario College of Psychologists to subject me to indefinite re-education,” Peterson posted on X in response to the dismissal by the nation’s highest court.

“Primarily for publicly opposing the butchers and liars subjecting children to sterilization and mutilation,” he continued. “I am also required to pay whatever court costs the College accrued in relation to my appeal.” 

“I am now bereft of options on the legal front in Canada,” Peterson declared. “I guess it’s on with the show.”  

The court did not give a reason for its decision, and being the nation’s highest court, was Peterson’s last path of recourse after he lost his appeal in a lower court in January.   

The penalty of mandatory training was first imposed by the College last August in response to comments made by Peterson over a number of years in which he criticized the LGBT agenda among other left-wing causes.

“Since at least 2018, the college has received complaints about Dr. Peterson’s public statements,” an Ontario Supreme Court panel said in an August 2023 ruling, Inside Higher Ed reported.   

“Some complaints have been formal, but many were ‘tweeted’ to the college via the social media platform Twitter, and often involved Dr. Peterson’s views on topics of social and political interest, including transgender questions, racism, overpopulation and the response to COVID-19,” the court stated.  

A spokesman for the court confirmed the ruling in an email comment provided to The Canadian Press, adding that the panel on the court “does not provide reasons for its decisions.”  

Upon receiving the penalty from the College, Peterson pledged to challenge the decision in court. In the event his challenges were unsuccessful, Peterson promised to “publicize every single bit” of his mandatory “re-education.”

While Peterson risks losing his clinical license if he refuses the “re-education,” he has noted that he has become “independently wealthy” and successfully independent of his clinical practice, which he “had to fold up in 2017” when he first gained famed for opposing the compelled use of pronouns not in conformity with biological reality.

Although Peterson has been a vociferous critic of Trudeau and left-wing ideology, much of his work is still related to the field of psychology, having authored multiple books and given hundreds of lectures on the importance of urging people, especially young men, to embrace disciple and personal responsibility.