Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown will scrap controversial changes to the sex-ed curriculum, he says in a letter to parents.
The letter promises a “new curriculum, after thoughtful and full consultation with parents ... that will strengthen reading, writing, mathematics and other skills that will prepare them to succeed in the real world.”
“I remain committed to principles I articulated during the (PC) leadership: Parents should be given advance notice of subjects taught and have access to materials used, so they can decide if their child is ready; and every parent has the right to withdraw their child from the classroom, at their discretion, without penalty or repercussion,” Brown says in the letter.
<a href="http://www.torontosun.com/2016/08/26/pc-leader-patrick-brown-targets-sex-ed-curriculum" target="_blank">The Toronto Sun broke the news</a> and noted there's a byelection going on. It quotes the PC's campaign chair Doug Ford on the issue:
“There’s a huge Tamil population and a massive Asian population,” Ford told the Sun. “I’ve yet to knock on the door of anyone who supports (the curriculum).  As a matter of fact, to the contrary. They’re dead against it. Patrick is putting out a statement that we’re going to revisit that and I think it’s the right thing to do.”
Read the letter here:
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