OTTAWA — A Summer Olympics rocked by controversies over gender identity hasn’t deterred the Alberta government from moving ahead with planned changes to gender divisions in competitive sports, according to the ministry overseeing the new policy.

“Alberta is committed to safety and fairness in sport,” wrote Amber Edgerton, a press secretary for the Alberta ministry of tourism and sport, in an email to the National Post. “Which is why we’re working with provincial sporting organizations (PSOs) to ensure that biological women and girls have a choice to compete in a women’s only division in athletic competitions.”