Ontario, Canada's most populated province, just passed a law that critics describe as “totalitarian.” Bill 89, passed just before parliament's summer recess, gives the state the power to seize children from families that oppose the LGBTQI and gender ideology agenda. This Bill also allows government agencies to effectively ban couples who disagree with that agenda from fostering or adopting children.
Bill 89 considers “gender identity” and “gender expression” as factors to be taken into account “in the best interests of the child.” The religious faith in which the parents are raising the child will not be a factor to be considered, and mandates child protection services consider only the child’s own creed or religion when assessing the interests of the child.
Bill 89, or the Supporting Children, Youth and Families Act, 2017, repeals and replaces the former Child and Family Services Act that governs child protection services, and adoption and foster care services.
It adds “gender identity” and “gender expression” as factors to be considered “in the best interests of the child.” At the same time, it deletes the religious faith in which the parents are raising the child as a factor to be considered, and mandates child protection services consider only the child’s own “creed” or “religion” when assessing the best interests of the child.
“With the passage of Bill 89, we’ve entered an era of totalitarian power by the state, such as never witnessed before in Canada’s history,” says Jack Fonseca, senior political strategist for Campaign Life Coalition.
“Make no mistake, Bill 89 is a grave threat to Christians and all people of faith who have children, or who hope to grow their family through adoption.”
“Disappointed as I am with this result, I am not surprised,” commented Tanya Granic Allen, president of Parents As First Educators (PAFE). “The Kathleen Wynne Liberals have for years been pursuing their anti-parent and anti-family agenda and Bill 89 is the latest installment.”
Critics fear that the spirit of this law is a direct threat to Christians, and that they might see their children taken away from them based on its provisions.
Kathleen Wynne, the Liberal Premier of Ontario, has been advocating sexual education or children as young as Grade 1 (https://www.ontario.ca/page/sex-education-ontario)
"Statements by Minister of Child and Family Services Michael Coteau clearly signaled the pro-LGBTQ, gender ideology Liberal agenda, critics warned.
Coteau, who introduced the bill, told QP Briefing he sees questioning teenagers’ self-identification as LGBTQI or telling them to change as abuse.
I would consider that a form of abuse, when a child identifies one way and a caregiver is saying no, you need to do this differently,” he said.
If it’s abuse, and if it’s within the definition, a child can be removed from that environment and placed into protection where the abuse stops.
Children’s Aid agencies now have 'a type of police power to bust down your door, and seize your biological children if you are known to oppose LGBT ideology and the fraudulent theory of gender identity, if for instance, some claim is made that your child may be same-sex attracted or confused about their gender,’ according to Fonseca."
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