There’s no one-size-fits-all sex-ed policy

Ontario Premier Doug Ford can’t please everyone. A good program should create an environment for students where asking questions and searching for information from a trusted, knowledgeable source is possible.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford ought to bring in a sex-ed program that is useful, realistic, and the least polarizing as possible, argues Tim Powers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

July 18, 2018

OTTAWA—Ontario’s hot, steamy summer just got warmer, as Ontario Premier Doug Ford fulfilled his campaign promise to cancel the sex-education curriculum that was introduced in 2015 and to revert to a dated, 20-year-old version. That reversal lasted one entire weekend because as of Monday the Ford...

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