Premier Doug Ford tried to shift focus from the Greenbelt, attacking school boards who withhold information from parents about their children’s sexuality and gender.
The argument for parents’ right to know about their kids’ sexuality and gender, and if there are changes,is a potentially dangerous policy, according to Modeste. He noted that teachers and counsellors are some of the few people that students can turn to without fear, and if that safeguard is removed from schools and youth are outed to their parents, it could spell harm.
Ford’s comments follow his education minister Stephen Lecce’s comments on the topic just a few weeks ago, which were along the same line. In an emailed statement, a spokesperson for Premier Ford said that “the premier and minister have both been clear they believe parents must be involved and informed of what is happening in their children’s lives.”Story continues below advertisement
Since the Greenbelt scandal broke, Ford has participated in several press conferences with different ministers, and critics say he is trying to keep attention away from the Greenbelt. “If you want to change the channel or to give people something else to chew on, then often you pick a polarizing issue, one that has a lot of different opinions and thoughts and feelings about it. This is one of those issues,” she said.
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