Wynne, Liberals steer us wrong on new sex ed curriculum

Michael Otis and his family have lived in Newmarket
for many years. He is a secondary school teacher
and enjoys reading and writing about moral issues
in the public square.

Kathleen Wynne and her government have clearly decided to tough out parental opposition to the updated health and physical education program.

In 2010, when Wynne, then minister of education, trotted out virtually the same program, parental outrage forced former premier Dalton McGuinty, then Wynne’s boss and leader of a minority government, to shelve it until a later date.

Now, assured of power until 2018, Wynne obviously believes that time has arrived.

Are parents justified in opposing the revised program? Its defenders claim children need timely information to navigate a hyper-sexualized culture and media.

Sex education, supporters also might add, has been a mainstay in Ontario’s schools for many years. Why all the hubbub over a few modernizing tweaks to a tried-and-true curriculum? ask the Wynne Liberals.

However, even a glance at the curriculum reveals a government single-mindedly committed to sexualizing children early.  (more...)

Wynne, Liberals steer us wrong on new sex ed curriculum