Fundamentally, "parental rights" is a dog whistle about limiting children's rights, usually in contravention of Charter Rights.

Our youth in schools have a right to not be discriminated against based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. SOGI curriculum is based on anti-bullying, pro-inclusiveness principles, to make schools safe and accepting places for all, including gender and sexual minorities. (The same thing can be said about anti-racist education, regarding racial minorities.)

That's it. There's no "hidden agenda" to groom or sexualize children. No teachers anywhere are pushing children toward having non-cis gender identity or non-hetero sexuality. And nobody is showing porn in classrooms.

The lies and gross misrepresentation of what's happening in schools is fueled by conservative politicians manufacturing wedge socially conservative issues to get voters who will ignore their economic policies.

We must have no tolerance for intolerance.

I don't get it. There are untold fields in which I haven't got the expertise to educate my kids. That includes all this gender stuff that is newer to me than the technology I struggle with. And that doesn't even consider actual methods of teaching! I've been an job-retraining instructor, but I can't help thinking that has little in common with getting school aged kids to make progress.

It's like finding a mechanical repair shop. You find the people who know what they're doing and how to do it, then pay them to do what you can't.

In the society we've built, we all have become dependent on expertise that we don't possess, so sometimes we just have to get out of the way. Not just when we know we don't have a clue or are feeling lazy or pressed for time, but even when it's hard to admit that someone might know more than us.