Statement from Bennett Jensen, Director of Legal at Egale Canada regarding the Supreme Court of Canada’s dismissal of Jordan Peterson v. College of Psychologists of Ontario Appeal
August 8, 2024
2SLGBTQI communities often face discrimination and barriers in accessing healthcare. This is why a clinical psychologist making transphobic, discriminatory, and false claims is particularly harmful and directly interferes with trans people’s safety and autonomy.
Psychologists belong to the group of professions that act as gatekeepers to gender-affirming healthcare, and they must be held accountable to specific standards of professionalism. Allowing health professional regulators to protect the public from discrimination is critical in ensuring that 2SLGBTQI individuals can access healthcare safely.
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