Newly elected PC Leader Doug Ford said he will scrap the sex-ed curriculum passed by the Wynne Liberals.He made the promise during a round of media interviews Monday, two days after being elected party leader of Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party.“We will repeal it and then we’ll make sure we consult with the parents and teachers,” Ford told reporters, building on what he said during the leadership race — that he’d review all areas of the curriculum, including sex-ed and math.“We have to make sure we tweak a few things in there and then we’ll move forward.” An updated sex-ed curriculum was put into effect by the Liberals in 2015 despite objections from religious groups, who claimed it didn’t align with their values, and parents, who said the government didn’t allow them enough input. The original curriculum dated back to 1998 and did not include any mention of many current issues facing students such as sexting or cyberbullying.On Monday, one social conservative voiced his support of Ford’s promise to do what Brown would not. Controversial Christian leader Charles McVety told his thousands of followers on Facebook to vote for Ford to if they want to see “radical sex education” repealed. McVety has been a fierce opponent of the sex-ed curriculum, same-sex marriage and abortion. About a decade ago, CTS television network removed his program from its lineup, after the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council found it made “malevolent, insidious and conspiratorial” remarks about the gay community. McVety told the Star he is confident Ford will repeal “radical elements” in the sex-ed curriculum including teaching young children about gender identity.“We see Doug as a fighter, a fighter for the regular folk,” McVety told the Star, adding that he’s a social conservative, a political ideology focused on preserving traditional values, but doesn& ...
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