Here we go. The UCP has once again used the notwithstanding clause to bypass the rule of law and legislate away Charter rights of Albertans. This time not rights to assembly and collective bargaining, but the most basic fundamental human rights to health, safety, and security FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION!

Danielle Smith called the existence of trans kids the most urgent threat to the safety of other children. This is absolutely unheard of. And yet her caucus dares to deny being the villains of the poem, "First they came for". She knows these laws puts trans kids at-risk and endangers them, that's why she's using the notwithstanding clause to shield her legislation from the judicial process.

Statistically you are probably not trans, but these fundamental human rights belong to all of us. They will come for yours next.

We have seen how Albertans are mobilizing over the charter rights of teachers being taken away, primarily because they targeted the worker rights which affect so many of us. This time they are targeting the smallest marginalized group in Alberta, but taking away the most essential fundamental rights they have.

It doesn't matter how big the group is or how basic and essential the rights are, neither is beyond the scope of the UCP to attack.

The only urgency here is for Albertans to mobilize like never before to recall all UCP caucus members. This autocracy is the most existential threat our province has ever faced. I have never seen Albertans mobilize like they have, but the threat here requires much more than we have even seen.

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