in the world to publish census data on transgender and non-binary people.5 The census people aged 15 and older in Canada — about 1 out of every 300 people. [13] Shortly after British Columbia’s amendment to its Human Rights Code in 2016, the Ministry of Education ordered school boards in British Columbia to add “gender identity or expression” as a prohibited ground of discrimination in their student codes of conduct. The Ministry also collaborated with others, including the BCTF, to develop Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity 123 (SOGI 123), an initiative to guide educators on instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity. The aim of SOGI 123 is to foster inclusion and respect for students who, because of their identity or expression, may face discrimination in British Columbia schools. [14] Mr. Neufeld publicly criticized SOGI 123. His first critique was posted on Facebook on October 23, 2017. In it, he called SOGI 123 a “weapon of propaganda” that teaches the “biologically absurd theory” that “gender is not biologically determined, but is a social construct” (A.R., vol. III, at p. 16). He also lamented that children were “being taught that heterosexual marriage is no longer the norm” (p. 16). He voiced his support for “traditional family values” and heralded countries like Russia and Paraguay, which have “had the guts to stand up to these radical cultural nihilists” 5 Statistics Canada, “Canada is the first country to provide census data on transgender and non-binary people”, in The Daily, April 27, 2022 (online). 2023 SCC 14 (CanLII) estimated that, as of May 2021, there were over 100,000 transgender or non-binary