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Province drops sex ed curriculum, drawing fire and praise in Windsor

PC's go back to old sex ed curriculum. Local reaction

Councillor Rino Bortolin calls it 'dog whistle politics'

Ontario's sex-ed curriculum will default back to what was taught in 1998. (Radio-Canada)

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has made good on another election promise. His education minister has announced that Ontario schools will teach the old sex ed curriculum in the fall.

That's a curriculum that was last taught in 1998.

It's a move that parent Gregory Moore is praising.

"Oh we're completely excited the PC's dumped the curriculum," said Moore, a parent of four school-aged boys.

Mooreand his wife have been vocal critics of the new sex ed curriculum since it was introduced in 2015.

"We feel like we as parents should be able to teach our children these things. It shouldn't be left up to the government."

Parent Gregory Moore said he believes the government should not be deciding how to teach children sex ed. (Dale Molnar/CBC)

City Councillor Rino Bortolin is also the treasurer of the parent council at Victoria Public School, and ran for the Liberals in the election.

He saidthis sets the province back twenty years.

"This was a curriculum that was done to modernize sex education and in an era with cyber bullying and online access to anything you want at your fingertips. It's a much different landscape than it was in 1998," he said.

Bortolin saidwith the old curriculum, children could not communicate accurately to police whether they had been sexually assaulted or not.

City councillor and treasurer of the parent council at Victoria Public School, Rino Bortolin, said this move will set the province back 20 years. (Dale Molnar/CBC)

"It's dog whistle politics because it's scaring people with misinformation. It's inflammatory to things that aren't in the curriculum,"he said.

The province is promising to revamp the curriculum after it holds consultations with the public.