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RSS FeedsFord wades into sex-education fray
(The Star Fashion & Style)

 
 

17 july 2018 23:08:17

 
Ford wades into sex-education fray
(The Star Fashion & Style)
 


After days of confusion at Queen’s Park, Premier Doug Ford says students will be taught an older version of the province’s sex education curriculum, which dates back to the era before social media and same-sex marriage, when they return to school this fall.Ford said the current 239-page syllabus, which was updated in 2015, will be replaced with the 42-page curriculum that was taught between 1998 and 2014, and which does not mention gender and LGBT issues, consent or online safety.But he insisted teachers would have some “flexibility” when students return to class.With embattled Education Minister Lisa Thompson sidelined, it was left to the premier to address the thorny subject.“We take approach that the best teachers are the parents, not a special interest group,” said Ford, promising “the largest public consultation in Ontario history” with sessions in all of the province’s 124 ridings as the new government revamps the 2015 curriculum.But NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said his action is “about doing favours for social conservatives like Charles McVety and Tanya Granic Allen,” who helped him win the Tory leadership on March 10.“The premier’s decision to scrap the updated sexual health curriculum and drag Ontario back to 1998 is not about doing what’s right for students or about listening to parents,” said Horwath, blasting him for listening to “radical extremists.”“Why is the premier more focused on keeping social conservatives happy instead of keeping students, young people and queer youth safe?” she asked, adding that Ford is “being driven by whatever far-right social conservatives want him to do and ignoring his responsibility to all Ontario students.”Ford countered by saying not enough people were consulted when the 2015 curriculum was revised.“We know that the leader of the opposition doesn’t want to consult with parents,R ...


 
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