Good. We need to protect our kids from this anti-LGBTQ garbage. The premiere stands on the wrong side though, even if he were to pay lip service.
Doug Ford was elected at least in part by the very people out there spreading the Anti-LGBTQ messages. I was spending the summer in one of the communities south of Ottawa during the 2018 election, I don't vote in Ontario, but I spend that particular summer with Ontario voters. One of the big draws of Ford in that election, according to the supporters of his I know, was that he would be against the school boards teaching , quote "little kids about gay sex, and anal sex, in grade 1". I told her it wasn't true as I had read the curriculum changes and no such thing was happening, I told her she could read the curriculum online herself and see that this was not happening, and all I got for that was told that "they talk about it in Church, it's true". The people out protesting today against gender and LGBTQ+ topics being dealt with in school are so easily lead around by the nose I fear no amount of reasoning with them will work. It will take their leaders standing up and telling them it isn't true, and maybe then they'd listen, but the problem is people like Ford will never, ever correct them because Ford knows he benefits.
The real culprit there is Tania Granic-Smith, who corralled all these assholes into a voting block. They then transitioned from her to Ford once she was out of the leadership race.
I blame Harper for bringing the reform party in, it let them grow and now every Conservative Party has to cater to them
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The union representing frontline education workers in Ontario is calling on Premier Doug Ford to take action after three of its offices in London, Ont.
London police said in an email Wednesday evening that it is aware of vandalism to the CUPE buildings and investigations are active and ongoing.
"Irrespective of your faith, heritage, sexual orientation, or colour of skin, our government is firmly committed to the safety and well-being of all children in Ontario schools," said Isha Chaudhuri, a spokesperson for Education Minister Stephen Lecce.
Laura Walton, president of CUPE's Ontario School Boards Council of Unions said in a statement that the vandalism was intended to intimidate workers.
"Vandalism is a classic tactic of intimidation that has been used against organized workers and oppressed peoples by mobs that oppose freedom, equality, and justice the world over," Walton said.
The Thames Valley District School Board has told union employees to work remotely Wednesday as a safety precaution ahead of planned protests.
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Hopefully Doug will.
CBC reported that Conservative MPs were told to keep quiet about this; I imagine provincial cons would want to do the same
Hopefully Doug will.
He probably won't. Oh, not just for this; his regular response is immeasurable without sensitive equipment.
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