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Montreal Catholic archdiocese promotes alternative Quebec sex-ed course
Montreal’s Catholic archdiocese earned itself a scolding from Quebec’s education minister on Thursday after it promoted a proposal that parents opposed to the province’s new sexual education curriculum could opt out and teach the subject themselves.
Minister Jean-Francois Roberge quickly shot down the idea on Twitter with a reminder that the sex-ed curriculum is mandatory in all but a few circumstances.
“Sexual education: essential learning,” the minister wrote.