Article content

We’re shocked Canada’s progressive Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs more time to look into a Service Canada directive ordering federal employees to adopt gender-neutral language when interacting with the public.

Time for what?

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or EDITORIAL: What words will Justin Trudeau ban next? Back to video

Canada’s virtue-signaling, feminist PM has rarely shied away from lecturing others about the need to foster inclusion, the rationale behind a new policy being defended by Families Minister Jean-Yves Duclos.

As reported by Radio-Canada, Duclos’ ministry asked Service Canada staff to adopt “gender-neutral language or gender-inclusive language” when dealing with the public to avoid “portraying a perceived bias toward a particular sex or gender.”

Workers have also been asked to stop referring to people as Mr., Mrs. or Ms. and avoid using the terms “father” and “mother” in favour of “parent,” according to a memo obtained by Radio-Canada.

Duclos took to Twitter after the new rules were mocked by Opposition politicians and Twitter wags, offering the following: