Thanks to the four years of careful documentation by Waterloo parent David Todor, we now know that school boards are directing teachers to keep students’ gender transitions secret from parents, and those same teachers are being contacted by gender clinics to get referrals.
Juno News dug a little deeper, finding that school boards across the province, not just in Waterloo, hold the policy that they “shall not disclose a student’s gender status” to that student’s parents. And several children’s hospitals, including the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, state that teachers and guidance counsellors are among those allowed to refer students to their gender diversity clinics. Keep reading.
New report maps Ontario’s school-to-gender clinic pipeline
A four-year review of Ontario school policy, hospital intake rules, and outside groups operating in classrooms documented school secrecy and a school-to-gender clinic referral pipeline.
This finding is concurrent with new changes to the Canadian Medical Association, which has updated its ethics rules to put social justice, including gender-affirming care, at the forefront of its professional responsibilities.
Doctors will now be expected to address “systemic issues” and reduce health inequities and disparities affecting “historically excluded and underserved populations” while promoting “social accountability.”
They must also learn about Canada’s “history of colonization”, along with a whole host of other non-medical social justice terminology. Keep reading.
Canadian Medical Association embeds social justice into new ethics code
The Canadian Medical Association has rewritten its code of ethics to make social justice and anti-racism part of the professional duties of Canadian doctors.
Meanwhile, across the ocean, Prime Minister Carney’s attempt to sell Canada off to the EU is already experiencing pitfalls, with European diplomats casting extreme doubt over the bid.
Specifically, multiple European diplomats came forward to speak to the media, all of whom stated that the “associate membership” offer proposed by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and accepted by Mark Carney was poorly defined at best, insulting at worst, and just an “empty” title to some.
They also confirmed that despite Von der Leyen and Carney’s assurance that both parties were fully on board, many EU member states were never consulted before the announcement that the EU would be opened to non-European nations — only learning of the proposal, like many Canadians, after the fact.
Carney’s EU membership bid already shows cracks
Speaking with The Telegraph, multiple diplomats and other representatives have described Canadian PM Mark Carney and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s joint proposal of wedding Canada to the EU as poorly defined and even “empty”.
For Carney’s part, he has yet to confirm if any form of direct democracy will occur — i.e., when the people directly vote on an issue rather than their representatives.
Instead, Carney has only said that the matter will be brought to Parliament to be debated and then voted on… a Parliament where he has a majority government.
Juno News has yet to see any reputable polling immediately following the announcement of Canada’s prospective EU membership to see what Canadians actually think of it, though Carney has insisted that an “overwhelming majority” are for becoming EU citizens.
MUST READ: Carney says Parliament will vote on EU membership
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Parliament will vote on his push for a deeper alliance with the European Union, including closer economic integration and allowing young Canadians and Europeans to “live, work and study where they want”.
