Saskatchewan Parents’ Bill of Rights: A timeline [Video]

More than a year after the Government of Saskatchewan introduced the pronoun policy, the constitutionality of it continues to be questioned.

Eventually introduced as Bill 137, the Parents’ Bill of Rights was legally challenged by UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity.

• Appeal hearing between UR Pride and Sask. gov’t set to begin Monday

On Monday morning, the two sides will go to the Court of Appeal to have their arguments heard by a judge.

• What will be argued at upcoming Sask. Parents’ Bill of Rights appeal hearing?

Here is a timeline laying out the events leading up to this point.

Aug. 22, 2023

The Government of Saskatchewan introduced policy changes in schools, which included requiring parents to be informed of third-party education and being able to opt their children out of sex-ed.

This particular policy change stemmed from the provincial government banning Planned Parenthood in schools following an ‘ABC sex cards’ distribution to Grade 9 students in a …