e-4753 (Social affairs and equality)

Petition to the Government of Canada

• On June 8, 2023, our Canadian Prime Minister referred to the voices of parents concerned about secrecy in schools as “angry, hateful rhetoric.” He urged people to “stand against” the introduction of gender policies that uphold parents' rights in the education system. He labeled New Brunswick's government “far-right” and as inflicting “cruelty and isolation” on the vulnerable. These comments are unacceptable, and harm the integrity of Canadian parents and the parent-child relationship;
• On July 8, 2023, the Prime Minister told Muslim parents concerned about gender ideology that they were being led astray by the “misinformation and disinformation” of “the American right-wing” and the “far right.” In the same breath he highlighted that, “The federal government doesn’t control what is taught in schools.”;
• The Prime Minister's divisive comments about the role of parents are not aligned with Canadian values nor the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms section 15, Equality Rights. His support of one community over another violates the Charter; and
• The United Nations, which is not well known for being far right, clearly states in its Universal Declaration of Human Rights that "Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children." It is not far-right for parents to have concerns about secrecy in schools and the teaching of state-sponsored morality.