Poilievre says 'biological males' should be banned from women's sports, change rooms and bathrooms

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre stepped into the debate over trans rights on Wednesday, saying «biological males» should be banned from women's sports, change rooms and bathrooms.

«Female spaces should be exclusively for females, not for biological males,» Poilievre said in Kitchener, Ont., on Wednesday.

The Conservative leader made the comments after being asked if as prime minister he would introduce legislation to prevent «transgender women» or «biological men» from participating in female sports or entering female prisons and shelters.

«A lot of the spaces … are provincially and municipally controlled, so it is unclear… what reach federal legislation would have to change them,» Poilievre said.

«But obviously female sports, female change rooms, female bathrooms should be for females, not for biological males,» he added.

Last month, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith unveiled a slate of controversial legislative changes, expected to be tabled in the fall, that will significantly alter the province's student gender identity, sports and surgery policies.

Those changes include a pledge to forbid transgender women in Alberta from competing in women's sports leagues. Smith did say, however, that her government will work with sports leagues in the province to set up co-ed or gender-neutral divisions for sports.

Puberty blockers

Smith said that her government's policies will also prohibit hormonal treatment, puberty blockers and gender-affirming surgery for children 15 years and younger.

Poilievre said earlier this month that he does not support trans kids taking puberty blockers — medicines that are used to pause puberty before a possible gender transition or other interventions, like hormone therapy.

When questioned about