Education Minister Liz Sandals is on the news conference trail Monday talking about how the sex-education curriculum is changing. It is a delicate subject in different ways for different people. Many can relate to the useful education of children in the mechanics of sex (our term) but equal numbers become uneasy over such things as the teaching of same sex marriage in Grade 3. The issue usually lies in the irresistible wish on the part of most parents that their children will marry and have children. Talk about going to the heart of things. And consent. The minister is saying today we need “a very explicit conversation about consent — what does consent mean and what do healthy relationships look like — I think in that piece we may become the leader.” CP Newsboy
