Western Standard - August 24, 2023


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In this episode, we talk about the controversy surrounding Planned Parenthood's use of sex ed materials in Saskatchewan schools and the fallout from it. We also talk about some of the more outrageous things they've given to kids in the past, and what the government is doing about it.

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00:00:00.000 Chris, big changes to sex ed in Saskatchewan. I think maybe set the table for us. I think this kind of comes after the big brouhaha in New Brunswick. And I guess Saskatchewan looked at it and said, huh, that's a good idea.
00:00:17.360 Yes. Thanks, Eric. Yeah, they did. And they actually went a step further than any other province has so far in Canada by also excluding all third party organizations. So that would include Planned Parenthood and also ARC, which is in charge of the SOGI training that's going on in the schools.
00:00:36.440 So they're reviewing all of that material before any of it can be taught in the classroom. And teachers are the only ones who can actually teach sexual ed going forward.
00:00:45.380 And then you also have if your kid wants to change their name or pronouns and they're under the age of 16, there has to be a parent meeting connected to that with the school.
00:00:54.600 So they are making major changes to the way things were being done here. And definitely the sex cards in the Lumpston High School was a big catalyst for that.
00:01:03.420 And in the recent by-election in Lumpston, that was a major factor in the actual election.
00:01:09.080 Correct me if I'm wrong. Was it you who broke that story about Planned Parenthood's sex cards?
00:01:14.680 That is correct. Yes, we did break the story and it even got picked up in international media as well, eventually.
00:01:20.280 Yeah, well, maybe elaborate on that. I think that's an issue in Saskatchewan. I think a lot of people outside of Saskatchewan don't know.
00:01:27.580 So this was Planned Parenthood, for some reason involved in sex education in schools, and they brought some, let's call them very graphic cards into the classroom.
00:01:41.820 Tell us a bit about what happened here and then what the government's reaction was when you broke the story.
00:01:46.300 So basically what happened was Planned Parenthood was in a grade nine class at Lumpston High School doing a sexual education presentation.
00:01:56.140 Now, it wasn't part of the presentation, but they had this other table with other materials on it, including the sex cards.
00:02:03.780 And the Planned Parenthood person who was doing the presentation grabbed one of the decks, gave it to some kids at a table, and they started reading through it.
00:02:11.020 And it's like, you're supposed to ask this, and do they know what this is and stuff?
00:02:15.500 And they were straight up. I mean, Jerry Ritz said it pretty good.
00:02:19.740 He called them pornographic and nothing short of that.
00:02:23.140 As a matter of fact, we ended up only printing the words off of three of the cards and only printing two.
00:02:29.760 And there was one for every letter of the alphabet because they would, a lot of them, there's an open RCMP investigation into this right now.
00:02:39.200 Two students have already given statements to the police about it, and it is an ongoing investigation because those cards were way over the line of what should be considered acceptable.
00:02:52.180 And the media had to censor themselves on what we could even say.
00:02:55.360 I don't want to put you on the spot because we haven't really prepared.
00:03:00.460 I didn't say, I'd tell you in advance we're going to do this, but are there any best, greatest hits, some of the most outrageous cards that they gave to these children that you might be able to remember off the top of your mind?
00:03:13.920 Hmm. Well, I thought for sure.
00:03:16.760 Like, he has butts. I don't know. 0.99
00:03:18.040 Well, there was something called dangles, which is when there is toilet paper on someone's bum, you might find, if you're in that area.
00:03:27.780 Yeah.
00:03:28.660 Amongst others.
00:03:29.740 I did think...
00:03:31.240 Dingleberries.
00:03:32.360 Yeah, dingleberries, yep.
00:03:33.380 Dingleberries.
00:03:34.160 Yes.
00:03:34.660 So, but like, how was it, was it like D is for dingleberries or...
00:03:38.420 Correct. Yep, yep. There was, it was literally one for every letter of the alphabet.
00:03:42.220 I honestly thought that I was going to get H right at heterosexual, but it wasn't. It was called half and half.
00:03:48.300 Oh.
00:03:49.160 Yeah, so even heterosexual didn't make me that.
00:03:51.020 Well, what is half and half without going to be on PG-13? I don't know.
00:03:55.720 I can't do it going...
00:03:57.720 I'll tell you off air, but I can't really say it on half air.
00:04:03.560 You know what we'll do is we're going to put this behind the paywall, so only members.
00:04:07.480 Yeah.
00:04:07.720 This is going to be a members-only feature on the Western Standard.
00:04:11.260 Chris, can you...
00:04:13.520 One more thing.
00:04:14.400 Go ahead.
00:04:15.780 The organization that distributed those cards took them off their website after the whole kerfuffle happened,
00:04:22.420 and we are actually one of the only ones with a full deck.
00:04:25.220 So we actually have the PDF of the original cards.
00:04:28.420 You got it here.
00:04:29.420 Chris is the only one working with a full deck in Saskatchewan.
00:04:31.740 I'm the only one working with a full deck here in Saskatchewan,
00:04:34.240 because I went and got it before they took it down.
00:04:37.300 Chris, okay, we're going to have to talk about this after,
00:04:40.300 but I think we should PDF all these cards,
00:04:44.680 and we're going to put this as a members-only article on the Western Standard.
00:04:48.700 So if you want to see what colorful things are being shown from Planned Parenthood
00:04:55.080 and recently the government of Saskatchewan to children there,
00:04:58.940 you're going to have to be a member.
00:05:00.660 And it's going to have to be members-only,
00:05:01.940 because we're going to have to say, like,
00:05:02.820 are you 18-plus to view this content or something?
00:05:05.220 You know, it's – we don't want kids getting this stuff.
00:05:07.640 Oh, I don't know.