Maxime Bernier, Leader of the People’s Party of Canada
The horrific shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia is a real tragedy: nine innocent lives were lost, including those of children, and 25 others were injured in one of the deadliest attacks in our history.
But let’s speak the truth that the establishment media refuses to acknowledge: the shooter was a trans-identified male, falsely described as female. He was lost in a delusion fuelled by a radical ideology that contradicts basic biological realities.
How many more must die before we end this toxic ideology?
Trans ideology isn’t liberation. It’s a path to psychosis and affirming it prevents real help from reaching those who need it most.
Look at the pattern unfolding across the West: Aberdeen, Club Q, Highlands Ranch, Annunciation Catholic School, Covenant School, and now Tumbler Ridge. This is an epidemic of trans-identified violence, and it won’t stop until we change course.
Liberals, fake Conservatives and every member of Parliament have voted unanimously for bill C-4 in 2021, which criminalizes parents and therapists who try to help minors with gender dysphoria accept who they are.
It’s illegal to treat children for a mental disorder, but it’s legal to encourage them to undergo “gender affirming therapy” and mutilate their body with harmful drugs or surgeries.
We’ve let a cult take over our society, where even police cannot call a man a man. Our children are paying the ultimate price for this cowardice.
Our position on transgender ideology is clear and unwavering: We must modify the Criminal Code to outlaw the use of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and any form of bodily mutilation on minors with the goal of “transitioning” to another sex.
Moreover, any person encouraging minors to “transition” shall be held criminally responsible for attempting to cause harm. We must also remove the ban imposed by Bill C-4 on helping minors who suffer from gender dysphoria accept their bodies.
If a child expresses confusion about their gender, we need to show real compassion and tell them they are perfect as they are, no need to change names, bodies, or lives to be loved. Affirming delusions is neglect, not care.
My thoughts are for the victims, their families, and the Tumbler Ridge community. May this senseless tragedy spark a return to common sense. Let’s make Canada safe again, by facing the truth.
