Toronto couple attempting to raise "genderless" child

Recently an article about a couple in Toronto that have chosen to keep the sex of their baby a secret went viral. The couple wishes to raise the child in a manner that is free from conventional gender norms. The parents Kathy and David Stocker named their newest child Storm. They are being accused by other people of using their children as social experiments.


 The couple argues that breaking social norms is not associated with bad parenting. Their philosophy is that their children should be able to do what they want, they stated "What we noticed is that parents make so many choices for their children. It’s obnoxious" This couple is stirring up lots of controversy with their recent press statements. Many people are opposed to the idea of children having so much control over their lives at such a young age.

The Stockers are taking a very unique approach to parenting their children. It is causing people from all over the country to question how they raise their children. I think letting kids do whatever they want at such a young age can be destructive. The minds of children are very pliable, if children are not taught by their parents what to do, they will simply adopt the decisions of those around them instead.

Taxpayer money slaughtered as well as a couple of sled dogs

An issue that has been generating a large amount of public outcry has been the killings of the Whistler sled dogs. About 100 dogs were killed inhumanely at Outdoor Adventures in Whistler. The SPCA is launching a full scale investigation that could end up costing more than $225,000. Why there is a need for an investigation I am unsure. The owner of the sled dog company admitted as to how the animals were killed.

It is important to note that the sled dog company did bring in a veterinarian to humanely euthanize the dogs, but the vet refused to kill healthy dogs. The BC SPCA somehow managed to get $100,000 from the BC government to fight animal cruelty, but will be using the money to perform autopsies on these dogs. Fighting cruelty toward animals is an important thing. But something that is more important is fighting cruelty towards taxpayers dollars. This is a gross misuse of  $100,000. Using this large amount of money on animal autopsies for one incident is ridiculous. That money could have been spent on autopsies on murdered people to solve murderer,s and catch real criminals. So remember to donate to the SPCA, but only if you value the life of animals over the life of humans...

School District Of Burnaby Gay-Positive Policy

students protesting in support of the draft

Hundreds of students and parents gathered in protest on May 24th in front of the Burnaby school district's monthly board meeting. The school district is drafting a pro-gay policy to introduce learning materials into classrooms, to educate students on the LGBTQ community, and to introduce rules to specifically protect the LGBTQ population. This draft policy known as policy 5.45 it is not an anti homophobia policy, it is a pro LGBTQ policy.You can read this draft policy here .

I would like to start off by saying that there are a lot of good points in this policy. Anything that helps protect the rights of students and teachers is a good thing. However, protection for minority groups is already worked into the school code of conduct. A policy like this is only going to estrange this specific minority from the rest. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect. If the school district puts this policy into effect are they saying that the LGBTQ population is more important than the other minorities. What is next? The school district is going to have to introduce policies to support nerds and kids with glasses too.