One of the LGBTQ+ advocacy groups challenging Alberta’s government in court over its laws affecting transgender people says it won’t back down after learning the province plans to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause.

The clause allows governments to override certain sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms for up to five years.

A leaked internal memo from Premier Danielle Smith’s government says it plans to apply the clause this fall to its school pronouns rules, its transgender sports ban, and its restrictions on gender-affirming health care.

Two of those laws are being challenged by LGBTQ+ advocacy groups Egale and Skipping Stone and some affected families and youth.

Helen Kennedy, executive director of Egale, says the fallout from the legal change will be tragic for th

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