New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is standing by changes made to Policy 713, designed to protect LGBTQ students, despite growing controversy in the legislature. Among the changes sparking debate is that students under 16 now need to get their parents’ permission to have teachers and staff use their chosen names and pronouns. Higgs defended the change, saying information about a child should not be hidden from their parents. The threat of an election on this issue was brought up by Higgs after he faced a rebellion from several of his top cabinet ministers in response to the policy review.

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