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Montreal (Rajeev Sharma): — The Quebec Superior Court heard pivotal arguments on Friday in a case that could reshape the provincial education landscape and the boundaries of parental rights. A high school teacher, identified in legal filings as A.B., is taking the provincial government to court, alleging that her Charter rights were violated when she was ordered to conceal a student’s gender identity from their parents. The legal challenge centres on a 2021 provincial education policy that allows students aged 14 and older to change their names and pronouns at school without requiring parental consent. The teacher alleges that in…