OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada granted leave Thursday to hear appeals in a challenge of Saskatchewan’s school pronoun law.

No date has been set for the court to hear the cross appeals from the provincial government and UR Pride, an LGBTQ+ group in Regina.

The law prevents children under 16 from changing their names or pronouns at school without parental consent.

Premier Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party government introduced it as a policy in 2023, arguing parents should be involved in decisions their children make at school.

Lawyers for UR Pride challenged the rule in court, arguing it violates Charter rights and causes irreparable harm to gender diverse youth.

A judge granted an injunction to halt the rule. But a month later, the province put it into law and invoked the notwithst

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