Canadians Owe a Debt to Premier Danielle Smith

Commentary In recent weeks, Premier Danielle Smith has endured criticism from many people about her announcements relating to treatments for what is often described as gender transition. Instead, she deserves praise for decisions that are as important for how they were made as for the gender transition issues that concern her and her colleagues. Her actions on this matter demonstrate how public policy should be developed and explained. The most important quality of the recent policy announcements by the Alberta government is that they are evidence-based. There is an emerging consensus outside Canada that the evidence supporting pharmacological and surgical procedures to change genders in minors is either very weak or non-existent....