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.
00:00:00.000Chris, 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.
00:00:17.360Yes. 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.
00:00:36.440So 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.
00:00:45.380And 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.
00:00:54.600So 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.
00:01:03.420And in the recent by-election in Lumpston, that was a major factor in the actual election.
00:01:09.080Correct me if I'm wrong. Was it you who broke that story about Planned Parenthood's sex cards?
00:01:14.680That is correct. Yes, we did break the story and it even got picked up in international media as well, eventually.
00:01:20.280Yeah, 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.
00:01:27.580So 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.
00:01:41.820Tell us a bit about what happened here and then what the government's reaction was when you broke the story.
00:01:46.300So basically what happened was Planned Parenthood was in a grade nine class at Lumpston High School doing a sexual education presentation.
00:01:56.140Now, it wasn't part of the presentation, but they had this other table with other materials on it, including the sex cards.
00:02:03.780And 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.
00:02:11.020And it's like, you're supposed to ask this, and do they know what this is and stuff?
00:02:15.500And they were straight up. I mean, Jerry Ritz said it pretty good.
00:02:19.740He called them pornographic and nothing short of that.
00:02:23.140As a matter of fact, we ended up only printing the words off of three of the cards and only printing two.
00:02:29.760And 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.
00:02:39.200Two 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.
00:02:52.180And the media had to censor themselves on what we could even say.
00:02:55.360I don't want to put you on the spot because we haven't really prepared.
00:03:00.460I 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?