The Government of Alberta is intervening in support of the Saskatchewan government in the legal dispute over its student pronoun policy.

Saskatchewan’s Parents’ Bill of Rights requires parental consent for students under 16 who want to change their names or pronouns.

In a statement on Tuesday, which included justice ministers Mickey Amery, of Alberta and Bronwyn Eyre of Saskatchewan, Alberta said it was seeking intervener status in the Parents’ Bill of Rights case before the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal.