I’d like to welcome, from Haldimand–Norfolk, Leah Bauer and Sarah Dolina, here to participate in the Remarkable Assembly women’s forum. Have a great day. I’ll see you at noon.

I have 9,418 signatures here, collected from across Ontario, on a petition that reads:

“To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

“Whereas we, the people of Ontario, have lost faith and confidence in the Ontario school system;

“Whereas the sexualization of our children, indoctrination and the material being taught with regard to this is unacceptable;

“Whereas the bullying of children is rampant in our schools with little or no consequences for the child who is the bully, the teacher who watched it happen or the school board;

“Whereas we are tired of labour disruptions and want the stability of in-person learning, in an environment that we as their parents wish for them;

“Whereas these are not the government of Ontario’s children, they are ours and we refuse to let you raise them as you wish;

“Therefore we, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows:

“To return our educational tax dollars in part or in full so that we as parents can redirect these dollars to the school or learning facility of our choice.”

I will affix my signature to the bottom of the petition and send it to the table with page Mesapé.