Ontario’s education minister says information about telephone town halls and other details on the provincewide sex-ed consultations will be rolled out in phases. But following Friday’s low-key launch of the online consultations — to gather input from parents on sex-ed and several other topics — opposition critics wonder why the government didn’t make a bigger deal about what was a key campaign promise. Education Minister Lisa Thompson says her ministry has reached out to school boards to promote ongoing consultations with parents about sex-ed curriculum changes. Article Continued BelowElementary schools are now teaching the curriculum first introduced in 1998 and in use until 2014, with some minor modifications. Kristin Rushowy is a Toronto-based reporter covering Ontario politics.

Source: thestar October 01, 2018 21:24 UTC