‘Sports is a human right’: Advocates say Alberta’s fairness in sports bill unfair [Video]

The government of Alberta says its new bill aimed at women’s sporting divisions is about inclusion, but advocates don’t agree. 

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The Fairness and Safety in Sport Act was introduced Thursday, one of three bills outlining new policies on gender-affirming health care, pronoun policies and transgender participation in sport.

If the bill is passed, only women and girls registered as female at birth will be allowed to compete in provincial, school or post-secondary sporting divisions.

Premier Danielle Smith said on Thursday that the bill aims to “ensure everyone can fairly and safely participate in the sports they love.”

“I don’t want kids getting demoralized because they feel like it’s stacked against them and it’s unfair,” Smith said.

Florence Ashley, an assistant law professor at the University of Alberta, said the law will do exactly that for the already small community of trans and …