Conservative delegates voted Saturday to add some new social conservative policies to their policy playbook including a proposal to limit access to transgender health care for minors and to do away with vaccine mandates.

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    Conservative delegates voted Saturday to add some new social conservative policies to their policy playbook, including a proposal to limit access to transgender health care for minors and do away with vaccine mandates.

    While some members warned these policies could be weaponized by their political opponents to hurt their standing among more moderate voters, a strong majority of the delegates on hand voted for one motion that stated children should be prohibited from gender-related “life-altering medicinal or surgical interventions,” and another motion that said Canadians should have “bodily autonomy” when it comes to vaccines and other health treatments.

    About 69 per cent of the delegates agreed that young people should be barred from gender-affirming care, which sometimes includes hormone-related treatments that delay puberty or promote the development of masculine or feminine sex characteristics.

    The vaccine issue sparked comments about events that transpired during the COVID-19 pandemic, including high-profile freedom rallies.

    About 68 per cent of delegates voted on the motion to “affirm Canadians have the freedom and right to refuse vaccines.”

    Discussion about the motion focused on Jordan Peterson, a professor with a large following in right-wing circles, who was ordered by the University of Toronto to take social media training in the wake of complaints about his controversial online posts and statements.

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