Alberta government thread

[Lumber]

How about a Male league, Female League and Trans League.

A trans only league wouldn't work. You'd have biological males competing against biological females. Actually, you wouldn't, you'd have just biological males because the biological females wouldn't be able to compete with the biological males and would hardly ever "make the cut".

 

[Lumber]

I believe parents should decide what is best for their kids, not a Doc, not the Gov, not you and not I.

I've met and read about too many absolutely terrible parents that we should carte-blanche trust them to make all decisions regarding their children. I mean, we already have laws that would result in your children being taken away from you if you aren't making safe decisions regarding your children; all we are really doing is deciding where the "line" is legally and who has the right to provide input as to which side of that line you are presently on.

 

[Remius]

Society has decided to use gender, age and other things to try and keep sports as fair as possible.

And even before all of this biological women were being disqualified for having too much testosterone. Testosterone regulations that, from what I can see is only applied to some women sports. Which they can still participate if they use medication to lower their levels.

We could base sports on something other than gender like testosterone levels but society is where it is at at this time.

 

[MilEME09]

In other AB news, the government tables a bill to prevent AIMCo from being sued for the loss of over a billion dollars from a bad trading strategy. Once again I see this as a move to shield the government from accountability, and claiming they are doing this because there is no money for legal action is frankly a poor excuse. It should be noted the chair of AIMCo is currently Former PM Stephen Harper

Alberta tables legislation aimed at blocking $1.3 billion claim against AIMCo

Alberta has tabled a new bill that would shield the province from a $1.3 billion claim launched against AIMCo.

edmontonjournal.com

 

[Brad Sallows]

just sounds like the nanny state telling parents what medical treatments their children can or can not have.

Or, there's the other framing: the state putting (or trying to put) guardrails around parents to safeguard the interests of children. It's a balancing act. Should be vaccinated? Shouldn't be subject to FGM or child marriage? Shouldn't be irreversibly sterilized? Should receive some kind of K-12 education? Etc.

 

[Brad Sallows]

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/world-athletics-trans-ban-debate-1.6790454

So there is a 7 year old male in Alberta who identifies as a female and wants to be a boxer. Has diagnosed gender disphoria. How does this hypothetical transgender young person achieve their goal under Alberta's new laws?

By the time he's 7-1/2 he'll want to be a fireman. By 8, an astronaut. By 8-1/2, a cowboy. Etc.

See the problem? Why would this one thing be different than all the other things about which children frequently change their minds?

 

[QV]

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/world-athletics-trans-ban-debate-1.6790454

So there is a 7 year old male in Alberta who identifies as a female and wants to be a boxer. Has diagnosed gender disphoria. How does this hypothetical transgender young person achieve their goal under Alberta's new laws?

Extremely high chance a 7 year old doesn't have any idea what they are talking about or actually really want. Sorry, 7 year olds don't get decision making power, especially for significant life altering decisions.

 

[Brad Sallows]

I've noticed the trans-in-sports discussion always focuses on the interests of the trans child. Never the interests of the other children.