EDIT: Bill 9 might be heading to the legislature floor TODAY. What is in this bill that the UCP isn't telling us? We can't see it on the Legislative session website, the news article about it only gives its name, and they've not only cancelled session (conveniently, when a bunch of trans people were scheduling themselves to sit in on the session...), but we're having to find out from the grapevine whether it's being tabled today, tomorrow, some other day...

Whatever is in Bill 9 that the UCP clearly doesn't want us to see: it's not good.

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The session for Bill 9 has been delayed to THIS WEDNESDAY. Local advocacy groups (Trans Rights YEG and RaricaNOW) have asked that you show up to the Legislature session itself, to make your presence as a trans ally known. They also suggested emailing your MLA for a seat reservation, if possible.

¹ The Alberta legislature has yet to announce to the public what is contained within Bill 9. We know virtually nothing about it, however, we do know that it is called the "Protecting Alberta’s Children Statutes Amendment Act." Activists and allies have expressed concerns about the language of the bill's title, because this language is common in MAGA-style transphobic attacks on children and youth.

² We also know that Smith and the UCP intend to invoke the Notwithstanding Clause to advance Bills 26, 27, and 29 - all bills that would restrict and attack the rights of transgender youth in sports, school, and in healthcare.

³ HOWEVER, I'd like to highlight that the Alberta Federation of Labour has taken notice, after the Notwithstanding was used to force 51,000 striking teachers back to work, not even a month ago. The AFL is made up of many different unions, including chapters of CUPE and CUPW (Public Employees and Postal Workers, respectively), and their leader has issued a statement in support of us.

⁴ Combined with the efforts of other labour unions to stand up to the UCP and stand with each other, it's nice to know that we're not totally alone in this fight. This also serves to highlight the facts that:

• When one of us is under attack, all of us are under attack.

• Any labour organizing effort that is worth a damn knows not to throw minorities (racial, gender, sexual, dis/ability, etc.) under the bus - otherwise, you're not supporting all of your workers. This is nothing new, and unionists have always been there, standing for your rights. For ours.

#ABpol #CanPol #YEG #YYC #edmonton #calgary #canada #transgender #TransNews #alberta #transphobia

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¹ https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/status-or-statute-mispronunciation-delays-introduction-of-ucp-bill

² https://inmagazine.ca/2025/09/albertas-government-threatens-to-use-the-notwithstanding-clause-on-trans-laws/

³ https://afl.org/organized-labour-stands-in-support-of-trans-people-against-bill-9s-politics-of-division/

⁴ https://globalnews.ca/news/11500727/alberta-federation-of-labour-notwithstanding-clause/