By J. Edward Les, Roy Eappen and Ian Kingsbury

Last spring, esteemed pediatrician Dr. Hilary Cass issued her <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;final report&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://cass.independent-review.uk/home/publications/final-report/&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://cass.independent-review.uk/home/publications/final-report/">final report</a> of an exhaustive four-year-long inquiry into clinical “gender identity” practices in the United Kingdom. After forensically plucking away at the basis for herding minors down an irreversible pathway of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and genital-revision surgery, she concluded that the evidence supporting those practices simply doesn’t exist.

We studied a myriad of gender transition policies in Canada and found that we are one of the most permissive, reckless jurisdictions{ai:summary}Dr. Hilary Cass, a veteran pediatrician, spent four years dissecting the UK's gender identity practices for minors. Her final report found no credible evidence to justify the rush into irreversible treatments like puberty blockers and surgery. In a world of certainty, she uncovered a vague silhouette of doubt. #society

Opinion: It's time Canadian medical leaders stood up to gender medicine

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