Thank you. That's a really important question.
As I alluded to in my opening comments, I think we need to look at what kind of sexual health education is being offered, not just on paper—the approved curriculum—but how it gets enacted in the classroom. We know, for example, that there are instances where particular individuals who are tasked with teaching a component of sexual health education might morally or otherwise feel opposed to teaching, for example, condom use. We know the variability from coast to coast is quite striking.
It's actually looking at how the curriculum decisions are being made at the provincial level and maybe mirroring that against a federal standard. If the federal standard is that all kids by Grade X should know about safer sex, including the use of condoms, I think that's a place to start. If I'm not mistaken, there has not been a whole lot of evaluation in terms of what's actually happening in the classroom relative to changing attitudes, behaviours, and beliefs of youth.
Unless we get at those kinds of questions, I'm afraid we're going to keep having this debate in perpetuity. I think we need to get some concrete actions in looking at how well our sexual health curriculum is serving the needs of youth and young adults in Canada.