Kanadier mit einem X -Geschlechtsmarker müssen jetzt männliche oder weibliche auf Nexus -Reisekarten nach Trump Order auswählen

Something tells me Canadians with an X gender marker will be steering clear of the USA for a little while. Just a hunch.

While it’s all fun and games to point out the cause and core problem here is the US, I thought this was particularly noteworthy:

>The Nexus program is jointly managed by the Canada Border Services Agency and U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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>She said Section 15 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees equal protection under the law without discrimination, including with regard to gender.

>”The Canadian government forcing a non-binary individual to misgender themselves on a government-issued document flies in the face of Section 15 of the Charter, meaning that a person or organization could sue the government, asking for the Nexus policy to be struck down,” she said.

It’s not a good look that Canada is going along with this in contravention of Charter rights. It’s also not good that we’ve not updated our travel advisory to reflect the danger this represents to Canadians travelling to the US.

There isn’t exactly an easy or winning solution here but a solution that infringes on Canadian’s rights isn’t a good one.