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Bill 89, or the Supporting Children, Youth and Families Act, 2017, passed by a vote of 63 to 23 on June 1 at Queen’s Park.

It allows the state to potentially take away children from parents who do not adopt the Liberal government’s delusional gender ideology and, in effect, it prevents couples who also reject this ideology from adopting or fostering children. While “gender identity” and “gender expression” are added as factors to be considered “in the best interests of the child,” no longer will the religious faith in which the parents are raising the child be considered as a factor. This bill furthers the government’s dangerous intrusion into the lives of families and their very homes, and it must be repealed by this government or the next.

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Bill 89, or the Supporting Children, Youth and Families Act, 2017, passed by a vote of 63 to 23 on June 1, at Queen’s Park.

It allows the state to potentially take away children from parents who do not adopt the Liberal government’s delusional gender ideology, which holds that being male or female is merely a “social construct” unrelated to our physical anatomy, and that gender is fluid like water and can change from boy to girl to anywhere in between, depending on how somebody “feels” in their mind.

Minister of Child and Family Services and sponsor of the bill, Michael Coteau, said of parents who would refuse to encourage a so-called “gender identity” that doesn’t match their bodily reality: “I would consider that a form of abuse, when a child identifies one way and a caregiver is saying no, you need to do this differently,” adding, “if it’s abuse, and if it’s within the definition, a child can be removed from that environment and placed into protection where the abuse stops.” The bill also outlaws couples who reject gender ideology from adopting or fostering children.

While “gender identity” and “gender expression” are added as factors to be considered “in the best interests of the child,” no longer will the religious faith in which the parents are raising the child be considered as a factor. The child’s own self-proclaimed “creed” becomes a consideration though.

The Act includes the specification that a child is in need of protection if he or she has suffered emotional harm or even if there is just “a risk that the child is likely to suffer emotional harm” and their parents do not provide “treatment or access to treatment.” This means that a Christian parent who refuses to put their gender-confused child on puberty-blocking hormones, or to allow him or her to undergo sex-change surgery, will be considered a child abuser in the eyes of child protection agencies. While the former Child and Family Services Act prioritizes taking the “least disruptive course of action,” the new act adds the clause: “including the provision of prevention services, early intervention services and community support services,” meaning that intervention is not necessarily seen as a more disruptive option than non-intervention. This bill furthers the government’s dangerous intrusion into the lives of families and their very homes, and it must be repealed.

Use the automated tool below to quickly send your local MPP a pre-written message. If you wish, you can add to the pre-written message with your own, personalized note. To view and select an alternate pre-written message, refresh your browser screen. After sending your email, a blind copy will also be sent to your inbox, for your own records.