Manitoba's health minister is voicing support for the trans community as Alberta's government forges ahead with plans critics say target the rights of transgender youth and adults in that province.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced Monday, during Transgender Awareness Week, her plans to invoke the notwithstanding clause as a means of skirting legal challenges facing previously announced bills that affect trans and gender diverse youth and adults.

"It's difficult to see trans youth and their families struggling under conditions that … you'd think we'd be well past by now," Manitoba Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara said during an unrelated news conference in Winnipeg on Wednesday.

"But this week in particular, it's so important for us as a province to celebrate the fact that we're le

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