A federal candidate in a Lower Mainland riding is pledging to help create a 害羞草研究所減arental bill of rights害羞草研究所� if elected in October.

Angelina Ireland, running for the People害羞草研究所檚 Party of Canada in Delta, is fighting what she calls a 害羞草研究所渄angerous precedent害羞草研究所� set by a court ruling last April that banned a man from speaking out about his transgender son.

害羞草研究所淚t is clear that interference of the state and its agents 害羞草研究所� which include the courts, the schools, and hospitals 害羞草研究所� is eroding parental authority,害羞草研究所� Ireland said in a recent news release. 害羞草研究所淧arents are now at the mercy of every agenda-driven school counselor, sympathetic psychologist, and activist judge.害羞草研究所�

The 14-year-old son, identified as A.B. in court documents, had been seeking the right to receive hormone therapy.

He had asked the court to prevent his father, identified as C.D., from giving interviews or speaking to social media groups about his case.

A judge granted him a protection order that restrains his father from attempting to persuade him to abandon hormone therapy, from addressing him by his birth name, and from referring to him as a girl or with female pronouns. He is also banned from publicly sharing information about A.B.害羞草研究所檚 sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or medical status.

A.B.害羞草研究所檚 mother supports his decision to receive hormone therapy, but his father objects, and the treatment was delayed for several months until a judge ruled earlier this year that it should go forward, for the teen害羞草研究所檚 mental health and well-being.

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Ireland said she has been personally involved with the case from the beginning, working alongside the father and advocating on his behalf to retain pro bono legal representation, as well as connecting him with resources to raise both money and awareness.

She said she wants the federal government to intercede so that parents can raise their children 害羞草研究所渨ithout undue interference by the state or its agents.

害羞草研究所淚t is time that Canada took that pledge seriously and protected a parent害羞草研究所檚 fundamental right to direct the upbringing and education of their children,害羞草研究所� she said.

害羞草研究所淭o that end, we need to create a parental bill of rights. If elected, I will work alongside my colleagues to strengthen parental rights legislation. In a free society, the most cherished and sacred relationship is that between parents and their children.害羞草研究所�

害羞草研究所� with files from Matthew Claxton

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