Tell Trudeau To Leave Our Kids Alone
We had to check the tape.
Over and over again we checked.
But he really said it.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau really said that basic parental rights are "far-right".
Yes, you read that right - the Prime Minister thinks that including parents in the support system for school children as young as 5 and as old as 16 is a "far-right" idea.
Now, first, before anyone gets the wrong idea, let us be perfectly clear...
No one - literally no one - is suggesting that parents should be able to abuse their children without intervention.
We know that teachers and other school officials are sometimes the first to know when parents are abusive, which is why they are mandated to report their abuse concerns to Children's Services.
Yet, in the overwhelming majority of cases, a parent is the best advocate their child will ever have - the first person you want to include in the most difficult conversations.
Every parent knows they are the real experts in their own kids - as much as countless professionals can help families by applying their expertise in other subjects.
This is not a far-right opinion.
Parents are closer to their kids than any agent of the government possibly could be, but Trudeau seems not to understand that, or at least he prefers to pretend he doesn't, to score political points on his opponents.
Perhaps he'll listen to the United Nations, who aren't particularly well known for being far right, but clearly say in their Universal Declaration of Human Rights that:
"Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children."
If he doesn't understand the more fundamental relationship between parents and children, perhaps we can't be surprised he doesn't understand the more complex relationship between provinces and the central government in Ottawa.
"We have to stand against this", he said, seeming to threaten Ottawa interference in this matter.
But, education is a purely provincial responsibility.
There is no federal education policy.
There is no federal education funding of any consequence.
The provinces have always had starkly different education policies; if we weren't allowed to, the provinces never would have agreed to national unity.
But Ottawa, especially with a Trudeau in charge, has over-reached into provincial jurisdiction before.
We cannot let him interfere with education.
We cannot let him interfere with the rights of families to their own children.
Tell Trudeau: Not this time!
Tell Trudeau: Parents' rights aren't far-right; they're human rights!
We're calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to apologize for characterizing parents' rights as "far-right" and clarify that he has no intention to override the authority of both parents and provinces.
If you agree, please sign our petition to Tell Trudeau To Leave Our Kids Alone!
Once you've signed, please forward this email to your friends and fellow parents across Alberta, so they can too.
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