I think there's a need for real national standards in having a really strong gender-based analysis of the types of things we're doing across curricula. As we know, this is completely led by the provincial government and it's under their jurisdiction. Unfortunately, in Ontario the issue had become so deeply politicized that things were changing and not necessarily aligning with comprehensive best practices and evidence-informed teaching models that can really get to the heart of what we know about addressing gender-based violence in the early stages. Again, I'm not sure how you would deal with those jurisdictions, but unfortunately the issue of sexual education, consent, and what it means to have healthy relationships has been overly politicized. We really need to depoliticize them and make sure that every youth is equipped with the tools to be able to identify unhealthy and exploitative relationships and what to do in that case.
On October 27th, 2020. See this statement in context.