Kim and Sondra Lavoie join me to talk about their incredible work in fighting sexualization of our kids in the school system, and why we need to all be on the front line fighting sexualized books in our schools.
00:00:00.000At the beginning of the Empower Hour, I had mentioned our huge win that we've had in Alberta in finally a province is listening and going to overturn and remove the sexually explicit and pornographic books from the school system.
00:00:18.060That is an absolute start. We want to see Soji123 removed. So I am going to now move toward having Kim and Sondra, our special guests, coming on. But that portion of the show, we are going to put on a separate video and include it in the description of the Rumble video.
00:00:38.220So let's have Sondra and Kim come and join me. And Kim, as you can see, is our national chapter leader coordinator. And she's also the Calgary chapter leader. Sondra Lavoie is the co-leader for Calgary. And this is an amazing team, but it's not the only part of this team.
00:00:57.480There is also Renee, who's on the front line, doing 15-minute city work as well. But Sondra really stepped up to address the situation with the sexualization of our kids in the school system.
00:01:12.220And, you know, this is a matter that's very personal to her. I'm thinking what I would like to do is I'm just going to share screen for a moment because I would, again, like to show the information about the win in case some of you have not yet seen it.
00:01:30.600I would like you to look up this information on. You can go to call to action under urgent actions and weekly emails.
00:01:37.960We would put it under urgent actions because we want to make sure that we have updates going on in those pages to the urgent actions that we've previously launched.
00:01:47.460And so this is Minister Nicolaitis here. We are going to do a little bit of a deep dive.
00:01:52.660But just an overview of what our team had done was they had a meeting.
00:01:58.320They served the notice of liability. And these are things that we've been doing in provinces across Canada.
00:02:04.580And at one point someday, who knows where this may come into even submitting as a court action as evidence to say, you know, these elected officials were warned and they chose to do nothing about it.
00:02:18.420And I believe that when Minister Nicolaitis and the Alberta government was served this notice, that they had to take into consideration that you are on notice, you've been served, you are now have been made fully aware of the harms, the measurable harms that are happening to children.
00:02:37.380And then with that and the addition of information that I'll let Kim and Sondra explain, we were able to have an incredible result.
00:02:46.780I mean, we've seen that Alberta has been doing some amazing initiatives within their province.
00:02:54.340I'm just going to name some things even like gun control, wanting to protect their borders, wanting to deal with the tariffs, wanting to deal and protect the natural resources.
00:03:08.760And they've really been on the front line of, I think, concerns that have been on the hearts and minds of many Canadians.
00:03:16.100And so this is just another magnificent win towards bringing back sanity into humanity and into our government.
00:03:26.120So let's bring Kim and Sondra back on with me.
00:03:29.500And so, you know, Kim, I'm going to hand it over to you first.
00:03:32.460And I would just like you to lead the conversation between you and Sondra.
00:03:36.380Well, the one thing I will mention, just to give a little more context, is that back in 2023 in April, when we found out that the Saskatchewan government was going to be implementing the SOGI123 resource, which was already officially in BC and Alberta, the ARC Foundation created SOGI123 and they wanted it in every province across Canada.
00:04:01.440So obviously, they had been lobbying the government, you know, secretly and quietly.
00:04:07.200And in April, we just happened to find out about it.
00:04:12.180And I worked very closely with Katie and the chapter, just a couple of us, just working together, putting a package together, developing information and evidence, serving the notice of liability.
00:04:24.300What a great team and everything that they did in Saskatchewan.
00:04:26.900And by August, we had an incredible win where they ended up banning SOGI from being implemented.
00:04:39.220There's still a battleground going on there because the LGBTQ activists aren't used to losing.
00:04:44.240But I keep saying they better get used to it because there's going to be more and more losses because the majority of Canadians do not align with this harmful agenda.
00:04:55.060And especially what's going on with our kids.
00:05:08.640But because of that, we took the binder idea of giving them the evidence that we can't assume that the elected officials don't know this stuff.
00:05:19.320Well, they don't know this stuff is going on.
00:05:20.540We can't assume that they know all of this information because they get inundated with all kinds of people trying to get their attention.
00:05:27.200So, it's about trying to get their attention and then giving them something of worth to be able to move forward with.
00:05:34.700So, in the case of Sandra and I, we took on it almost to the full year.
00:05:40.140Last year, we said, how are we going to compile information that's Alberta-specific?
00:05:45.140So, we can say, well, what's happening in Alberta?
00:05:48.160So, maybe it's happening in Saskatchewan.
00:05:49.720We had several actions in Saskatchewan about the sex cards, the A to Z sex cards in Saskatchewan.
00:05:57.200And we did a big action there, a big, huge public reaction.
00:06:00.840We also had an incident in Verdon, Manitoba.
00:06:05.080And so, the public was really pushing back.
00:06:07.420And they were really, I think, well, I mean, they've crossed so many lines on the other side.
00:06:11.880But they've really pushed the envelope and they've really poked the bear of the people.
00:06:15.700And so, it was just the appetite for moving on.
00:06:20.540This was already kind of well underway in the community as well.
00:06:24.900I mean, Action for Canada has been on the front line of pushing that forward and making people aware.
00:06:29.060So, we wanted to figure out what is it in, where is it in Alberta?
00:06:32.680So, Sandra and I worked together on compiling what would be the most compelling arguments or at least information that we could put before them.
00:06:52.760But this binder was, we had certain sections in it.
00:06:57.560And so, what we did is we actually, what's that called?
00:07:02.040We registered, delivered it to four of the top ministers in our government.
00:07:07.500So, once we had compiled all the information, including testimonials, so Sandra's testimonial, we also had all the resources in Alberta that were despicable, including the SOGI 123, which we have here.
00:07:20.240But we also have this PRISM guide that was created by the Alberta Teachers Association.
00:07:24.260It was also created in partnership with the then NDP government that was in power at the time.
00:07:32.140And so, they did a joint initiative to create this PRISM toolkit to deal with diversity, equity, inclusion.
00:07:37.900And so, it was opening the door and shoehorning its way in.
00:07:42.120And, of course, they have a book list of books that they would recommend.
00:08:03.620But we didn't just want to say, okay, well, there's a lot of people mad.
00:08:06.560So, we said, there's also good science behind this.
00:08:10.140So, we had a whole section in that binder on peer-reviewed, expert-studied research to say, look, they're getting rid of it in the UK, for sure.
00:08:21.640In Europe, they're walking back this transgender nonsense and hysteria in the United States.
00:08:27.200And, also, we were showing that it was having problems here in Canada.
00:09:27.800So, you just, you get in there and you keep calling and you keep being persistent.
00:09:31.960And that's what led us to finally getting a meeting with the Minister via actually the Premier.
00:09:39.820I got to a meeting and I got up to the microphone and I said, thank you so much, Premier, for your policies that you've put in place for the transgender and no sex change for kids under 18 and that sort of thing.
00:09:57.700And from there, we were celebrating those steps in the right direction.
00:10:00.980Now, there was a lot of people, grassroots people in Alberta that were pushing to the same end.
00:10:06.320So, we were all part of that same group.
00:10:08.540But we were just taking the steps that we were taking when we had the open door.
00:10:12.120So, from there, we ended up getting, from the Premier, the commitment that she would let the Minister of Education know that we had a binder of information that we wanted to get before him to discuss.
00:10:26.860And so, from there, we ended up with a meeting.
00:10:28.680And I might just hand it over to Sandra to kind of speak to that meeting that was really, I think, pivotal in all of this coming to a head.
00:10:47.980So, and it, as Kim said, it went to all of the, it went to Premier Smith and Minister Nicolaitis.
00:10:57.620It also included some affidavits from legal cases and detransitioner stories and scientific data, as well as the educational data, like the PRISM toolkit and that.
00:11:12.940And also, we put in this binder copies of the questionable, I'll say, questionable sexually explicit materials, the alphabet cards, the, some of the books, flip books and different things like that.
00:11:34.300So, when we got to the meeting with the Minister of Education, he was, well, I gave my personal testimony because my son was captured through school, through SOGI,
00:11:53.180because it was a perfect storm of, of when SOGI came into the school system in Alberta, and he was going through, you know, regular teenage angst, whatever.
00:12:05.260So, that was good to be able to bring a personal, real-life harm that split my family up and damaged a child.
00:12:19.020And then, with also with Kim having the information of the books that we were investigating and wanting him to look at, and like, we, we would like to have a complete audit in, in the system, in, in Alberta.
00:12:46.340But, at first, he was, he, and he said this in his presentation, when he gave his announcement on Monday, he, he at first thought, well, it's not in Alberta.
00:12:58.740You know, this is in another country, in another province.
00:13:02.120And we said, no, it's, it's in Alberta.
00:13:05.100This, and he said, well, yeah, how recent, like, how recent is your list?
00:13:32.900And, and, and now we need to stay on it.
00:13:37.100Well, take that a step further, Sandra.
00:13:40.120And, you know, just so our audience knows, I mean, how many families in this nation have had their children affected.
00:13:47.460I mean, it's in the tens of thousands of kids that have gotten captured by this social contagion and the learning.
00:13:54.200And so, it's not just about these pornographic books, which it desensitizes our children so they can't recognize even predatory behavior.
00:14:02.540But the next step, as you were saying, this is just a start, a very, very positive start.
00:14:07.960But what we need to take out is SOGI 123.
00:14:11.100And that's why we've asked people, you know, look up the page that I just showed you on our Urgent Actions page.
00:14:17.680And then please take the time, five minutes of your time, not even that much, to copy the short letter and send it to Minister Nicolaitis and Premier Smith to thank them for taking this step and encouraging them further to investigate SOGI and for them to put together the connection.
00:14:35.200And I believe it's going to be very important for you both to be continuing to engage the Minister of Education and the government to help bring more awareness of how all of these pieces fit together in really breaking the hearts and minds of our children.
00:14:54.180Yeah, and I wanted to add on to that, Tanya, is that when we approached the Minister, we approached him as a human being.
00:15:01.640We actually approached him as a father.
00:15:03.760And sometimes we can forget that when we're wanting something or we're angry with them or whatever.
00:15:09.900But we took the approach, and I remember literally sliding the book across the table that had the one that they're referring to as the genderqueer book.
00:15:19.320And, I mean, that's the thing that they blurred out, and they said it's too vile to even show on television.
00:15:24.740And I have to tell you, like, Sandra and I often, we laugh about it, how many hours we spent putting that together, because we had to go through and look at this stuff.
00:15:32.100And it's kind of like, oh, my eyes, you know, I just want to wash that away.
00:15:36.800And so I slipped with the book across the table to him, and I said, so this book, Minister, is in the Calgary Board of Education.
00:15:44.460Not only is it in the Calgary Board of Education, it's in these exact schools.
00:16:53.640I'm thinking, I'm not sure why it's all of a sudden acceptable for children who would identify as being LGBTQ to have to be inundated with that level of filth either.
00:17:04.620I'm not sure how that it's okay because it's a gay child who is picking up a book like this, celebrating some sort of deviancy when they're only like eight years old.
00:17:18.540Kim, the main areas, districts right now were Calgary and Edmonton.
00:17:24.340And the Calgary and Edmonton, they called them school boards or boards of associations.
00:17:30.680And they did a dual statement stating that they see nothing wrong with the materials that, you know, some people have a problem with these coming of age materials.
00:18:09.300Just because these are cartoon style doesn't mean they're any less graphic or disturbing.
00:18:13.900I, like you, had to go through these materials and, you know, our lifestyle is this is not something I, in my whole entire life, would have ever viewed or had to view.
00:18:25.020And so when I was going through this two years ago, when I got banned from the mission school board, they banned me for showing the PDF of the books that we have on our political LGBTQ page.
00:18:37.300And a month later, they ban action for Canada and the headline news and mission is for showing graphic materials.
00:18:44.400Then I end up going to the Chilliwack RCMP.
00:18:48.180And this has just been running through my mind since yesterday, since they finally made this announcement saying this is sexually explicit.
00:19:04.200They give me a file number and by Wednesday that following week, it's on global news and they're making an announcement that these books are not deemed pornographic or sexually explicit.
00:19:14.260And so I'm just like, I think one of the issues we need to bring up with the provincial government is that, you know, that we would appreciate it if they would even take this to a different level as well with the RCMP.
00:19:28.520Because I believe people need to be arrested at any time, other time in the history, you know, many people within this community who are really strong activists that we have seen come to the front line or who have gotten into these positions as schools or teachers.
00:19:48.300You know, there's, you know, there's a lot of child pornography that flows among some of these people and as well as abuse.
00:19:57.160And so we have a duty to be able to reasonably say within a certain genre of this community, because a majority of the LGBTQ do not agree with this being in the schools.
00:20:10.220I want to make that very clear. And that's why it's like, don't tell me that, you know, we're anti-LGBTQ or we're attacking this community of people because they've made it.
00:20:19.180There's a group, the groomers, Gays Against Groomers or something.
00:20:23.520Yeah, there's many of them that have come out and said this is wrong.
00:20:27.920So we're not on the wrong side of history.
00:20:30.180We're absolutely right and focused on what we need to do in putting our children first.
00:20:36.180And I'm praying that this is also going to continue to set a precedent in other provinces as we continue to work to take this down.
00:20:44.980I think that one of the one of the great things that's happened, especially because of the news articles that are being written about this announcement that Mr.
00:20:57.400Nicolaitis had on Monday, is that parents and grandparents and just regular citizens are realizing this is actually a problem.
00:21:10.860They have, you know, for so long, it's like, well, that's not really happening.
00:22:06.600And, you know, anytime CBC would do a hit piece on us or Global News, they would never include Action for Canada and they would never include the link to the materials that we were exposing.
00:22:20.720Like when I was banned from Mission Action for Canada was banned, they would just say, Tanya Gaw and Action for Canada, but they would never provide any links and they didn't provide a link of the PDF, you know, of the materials.
00:22:35.600And just for our viewers, I really appreciate that Minister Nicolaitis as well said that for those who want to view them, this is going to be available on the government website.
00:22:44.820And the images from Fun Home, as you said, genderqueer, the book Identical in graphic detail describes a father raping his child and committing incest.
00:22:59.360I think she's an eight or nine-year-old twin girl while the other twin watches.
00:23:04.440And they consider this sexual education material.
00:23:08.580Well, as far as I'm concerned, you know, and one of the things that he did mention is how did this get into the schools?
00:23:14.960Well, we've learned that what's happened is the LGBTQ activists have donated books to the school.
00:23:22.700And if there's an activist library who isn't a keeper at the gate to that library, they have accepted those books and officially put them in the library system.
00:23:32.020All of this is happening right under our noses, but now it has become just too big to ignore.
00:23:40.560And I just, on behalf of Canadians, want to give you both just a huge shout-out.
00:23:46.940And thank you so much for having the courage and sacrificially taking the time to add to that binder and add the materials.
00:24:57.680So, please take the time to do the survey and give your public engagement.
00:25:01.680Now, the third thing I wanted to say is to go that extra step and actually demand to go into your child's school and ask to find and see what's there, or just ask for a list.
00:25:17.720We've done it a lot of lots of different ways.
00:25:20.340We have our list of books that we find objectionable, but take that list and actually just go with a freedom of information to the principals.
00:25:31.680Go right into the principal's school as a parent and say, can you tell me if these books are in your school?
00:25:40.160And the thing is, you as parents, we need you now to go and start doing the investigation.
00:25:45.420Because when Sondra and I were looking and other volunteers, there were, you know, 15 to 20 people that were compiling these books from all the different districts.
00:26:05.580So it's easy, especially if in your rural area, you can just walk right into the schoolhouse and say, hey, I'm just curious about this.
00:26:11.780Are you sure none of these books are in here?
00:26:13.780And if so, parent councils need to have hard-hitting conversations with principals.
00:26:19.540And then they need to take their complaints to the school board.
00:26:23.960And apparently, Mr. Nicolady said that it's that the complaints for books, there's various processes to make complaints about what books are in the school libraries.
00:26:35.760And so please start investigating in your local board, school district.
00:26:40.720And this could be for everyone across the whole country.
00:26:43.320So take a lead from Alberta, but go into your school board personally and say, you know, what is the complaint process when I find something unacceptable in the library?
00:26:55.080And that's what we need to kind of start compiling now.
00:26:58.680And we just have to full court push with common sense Canadians.
00:28:33.500And we have teams across Canada who are raising donations within their community and then printing these materials and standing outside of schools and handing them to parents.
00:28:45.240And at first, you know, our team would be criticized.
00:29:11.020You can pass them out at grocery stores, talk to people.
00:29:13.900And we have them for Manitoba, Ontario, because it's called the Soji123 in B.C. and Alberta.
00:29:21.880But it is by another name in other provinces.
00:29:24.700But it is all the comprehensive sexuality education, which I will go over next week.
00:29:30.740The one thing I really want to promote right now and is ask is that as Pride Month quickly approaches, would you please come to this page and then click on this link to ban non-government and special interest group flags?
00:29:45.700Because mayors and city councils are being bullied.
00:29:49.040They're being lobbied by LGBTQ activists.
00:29:51.380We've had store owners tell us this, that they finally succumbed to putting that little political LGBTQ symbol in their window just to get them to back off.
00:32:48.560And, you know, again, I'm going to emphasize to reach out to the minister because there's already talk about the LGBTQ activists who are fully funded with hundreds of millions of your tax dollars to advance these agendas.
00:33:03.380And they're talking about legal actions, but it's got to be shut down.
00:33:06.060I give a shout out to Scott Moe in Saskatchewan, who really took really solid steps after we had the win in Saskatchewan to maintain that win.
00:33:16.040And that LGBT community are screaming like, you know, because they're upset about losing.
00:33:27.560But don't try to force the rest of us, you know, the advancements of the amendment to the Human Rights Code to include gender expression and gender identity does not trump everybody else's rights.
00:33:39.700So they need to get over themselves and they need to respect the rest of us.
00:33:43.640And they're the ones that, you know, have have really motivated us to be on the front line of this.
00:33:48.700And in closing, I do want to give Daniel Smith, Premier Smith, a shout out as well.
00:33:53.200And thank you so much, because I know that she would have been a part of those conversations and on board with these decisions.