Alberta Conservative MP Rachael Thomas says government-funded Skate Canada shouldn’t use public funding to “punish” the province of Alberta over its law prohibiting transgender athletes in female sports.
Skate Canada said on Dec. 16 that it will not host any national or international-level events in Alberta, as it disagrees with the province’s Fairness and Safety in Sport Act, which bans male-to-female transgender athletes from participating in female-only sports.
“Skate Canada has barred Alberta from hosting future skating events because our province chose to protect women’s and girls’ sports,” Thomas said in a Dec. 17 post on X, noting the organization receives more than $2 million in federal taxpayer funding, including from Albertans….