Ontario court dismisses teachers’ legal challenge against provincial sex-education curriculum

An Ontario court has dismissed a legal challenge from elementary teachers and a civil liberties group over the province’s sex-education curriculum.

The challenge from the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association argued that changes made by the Progressive Conservative government infringed teachers’ freedom of expression and put students at risk by failing to be inclusive. The Tories repealed a 2015 curriculum from the previous Liberal government that included lessons warning about online bullying and sexting, as well as parts addressing same-sex relationships and gender identity.A Divisional Court ruling released today notes that government lawyers said teachers were allowed to go beyond what is in the new curriculum, and there was no evidence of a teacher being disciplined for doing that.

ETFO’s lawyer had said there might not have been a legal challenge if Premier Doug Ford hadn’t also issued a warning to teachers who said they would continue to use the now-scrapped version of the curriculum. The court said some of the public statements made were “ill-considered,” but did not constitute an infringement of the charter.

Sounds like we should be dismissing some teachers! Especially the uncoachable ones!

No worries Teachera union . If you don't agree with the ruling, just call Trudeau. He has a special secret way of dealing with these difficult legal matters.

pbs0111 Another win for fordnation. There needs to be an update to an aged Sex Ed program but, Wynne’s updates took it too far. Also a win for parents who are the primary communicators of Sex Ed to their children.

Trump should be impeached, he has done more than enough damage to the US people. How people can NOT know he is a Dictator, is ignorance.

Good! Take that cultural Marxism!

Good. If liberals want their curriculum, they should sell it to the public and get elected

Good news. Now we just need a purge. Take back education.

So the province has the right to set the curriculum not the teachers? Shocking!! Teachers need to stay in their lane......

The irony of reverting back to the old curriculum is that Ontario was still under the PC Common Sense regime. Where is the 'common' sense when you appeal to a tiny minority of parents?

All these arrogant fools still pretending to speak for my children As their parent I made a decision long ago on what I would and would not allow my children to be taught Feel free to raise your own however you choose

The irony of reverting back to the 1998 curriculum is that Ontario was still under the PC Common Sense regime. Where is the 'common' sense when you appeal to a tiny minority of parents?

You mean it's up to the government to change the curriculum, not spoiled teacher unions. onpoli

Hey, if teachers want that much control over the curriculum, they should be petitioning for the privatization of schools.

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