Rachel Notley said she’ll hire 7,000 new teachers, educational assistants, and support staff if elected premier on May 29..The NDP leader is dangling a shiny object to woo votes from Alberta parents concerned about overcrowded classrooms..What about parental rights to know what their children are being exposed to and taught in those classrooms?.Well, that conflicts with the rest of the plan that Notley hopes parents — who oppose the NDP’s controlling, woke agenda — won’t be paying attention to..The NDP’s disdain for parental rights prevailed even when Notley was premier, 2015-19..What’s changed? Those Marxist minds that think government knows what’s better for he/him, she/her, he/her — translation: boys and girls — than parents, are emboldened by the current woke madness..The possibility of an NDP comeback should terrify and infuriate parents who believe their children are theirs, not the property of Notley’s socialist party to mold and corrupt with a sexualized curriculum, secret clubs, gender ideology and drag queen story time..Notley talks about families, but not much about family values — the kind that offend the NDP’s woke agenda..“Our plan will deliver a better future for Alberta students, families and education staff,” reads the NDP campaign pitch..What it doesn’t say is ‘on our terms, according to our ideology.’ Like last time..What it doesn’t say is ‘elect us, then step aside — we’ll handle your parental duties.’ Like last time..The NDP is obsessed with 2SLGBTQ+ rights for students..It’s terrified of a UCP victory..That why it attacks Premier Danielle Smith — who has taken action to protect parental rights — by falsely smearing her as anti-2SLGBTQ+..Marxist doctrine encourages lying. Telling 2SLGBTQ+ youth and adults they’re hated is wicked fearmongering for political gain..Let’s take a stroll down memory lane to recall what Notley — now promoted as the “leader you can trust” — has said and done..The NDP clan isn’t a fan of private and charter schools..“As you know, our caucus is steadfastly opposed to private schooling and particularly steadfastly opposed to public dollars supporting private schooling,” Notley said before becoming premier..At a recent press conference Notley toned it down. She emphasized her commitment to the public school system promising additional resources. She didn’t make the same promise for charter or private schools..Religious freedom?.In 2018 the NDP threatened to defund and suspend or remove accreditation from dozens of private religious schools if they included faith statements in Safe and Caring anti-bullying policies..The diversity requirement in the School Act was violated by the inclusion of wording such as “the unchangeable and infallible word of God,” said the NDP..When Catholic school officials were crafting a religious-based sex-ed curriculum in 2017, then premier Notley told the Canadian Press: “We will not use public dollars to have sexual health programs that deny science, that deny evidence, and that deny human rights.”.“They can continue to work on (their proposal) all they want, but we ultimately approve the curriculum that goes into schools. And this kind of curriculum will not happen.”.In April 2016, in response to parental outrage, the NDP backed down from a proposed amendment to sabotage a Progressive Conservative private member’s motion allowing parents the right to choose public, charter, private, francophone, separate, or home schooling..One NDP MLA said education choice isn’t a parental right, that right belonged to the government..Clubs that students join? None of your business, wicked moms and dads..Notley said it’s “super cruel” to inform parents about their children being members of Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) school clubs..Edmonton-North West’s David Eggen, a former education minister seeking re-election, accused parents of being a “threat” to their own children.. David EggenFormer NDP Education Minister, David Eggen, seeks re-election in Edmonton-North West. .In November 2017 Eggen introduced Bill 24 that forbade communication between parents and school officials about children’s involvement in GSAs, removed sexual content opt-out provisions, and replaced parental authority with government authority. It passed..In July 2019 the Conservative government switched the School Act to the Education Act. Bill 8 erased the legal protection to shut out parents..Notley childishly called this recognition of parental rights “Bill Hate.”.When the UCP established policy platform in 2018, Jason Kenney declared war on the NDP’s war on education..“If the NDP tries to smuggle more of their politics into the classroom through the curriculum, we will put that curriculum through the shredder,” he said..If the NDP regains power, will it brazenly “smuggle’ in legislation that attacks funding, beliefs and rights of Muslim, Christian, and home-schooling parents? Of course..NDP Calgary-East candidate Rosman Valencia, an elementary school teacher, helped his school set up its first Pride Club..He supports secrecy. “I commit to you that an Alberta NDP government will restore the right of Alberta youth to form and join GSAs and to do so with their privacy protected under the law,” he recently said..If elected, his mission is to protect children from their parents..As for Rachel Notley, she said in her March nomination meeting she said she stayed in politics because of Bill Hate..One NDP tactic to seize control of children’s education is to portray woke ideology opponents as homophobic, transphobic, heartless haters.. Rosman ValenciaRosman Valencia, NDP candidate for Calgary East .Like it did when Smith said earlier this month it’s time to depoliticize LGBTQ2+ rights..What the NDP is really fuming about is Resolution 17 the UCP passed last October. The NDP and activists were in an uproar because it took power away from children — translation: 'them, the NDP.'.Resolution 17 upheld the right of parents and caregivers to not affirm or socially condition a child’s gender if its “incongruent with the child’s birth sex.”.It ensured the protection and well-being of all children, and full respect for parents, legal guardians and caregivers, roles, responsibilities, rights, freedoms and authority, and protection for victims of abuse..It affirmed freedom of religion and conscience rights of parents and their children, ensuring no government interference with teaching and training their children in identity, sexuality, and morality..“Our UCP Government believes the family unit is the basis of society in Alberta and that decisions regarding children should reside solely with the parents, legal guardians, and caregivers,” states Resolution 17..“Barring evidence of criminal neglect or abuse, we start with the assumption that parents are best suited to guide their child's development.”.No hate. No transphobia, homophobia, or any phobia. Just respect for parental rights and protection of children..The UCP’s February budget pledged a 5.2% increase to $8.8 billion in education funding for 2023-24, and $9.2 billion in 2025-26. The emphasis will be on education..Under an NDP government there would be 7,000 more hands on deck — if that promise could even be delivered — to arrange drag queen story hours and organize secret clubs..Parents would be shut out, helpless..There’s power in the vote.
