Toronto mayoral candidate Anthony Furey denounced a TDSB school’s decision to remove a sign celebrating mothers for Mother’s Day, saying the decision was made by far-left administrators.
Furey is currently on leave as True North’s vice-president of editorial and content.
The Kew Beach Junior Public School had their Grade 6 students craft a heartwarming message to display on the school’s message board which read, “Life does not come with a manual, it comes with a mom.”
However, the school capitulated to demands to take the sign down after a few parents complained that the sign was “mega exclusionary,” and didn’t represent LGBTQ families with same-sex couples.
The sign was replaced with a message free from any references to mothers, instead displaying a message featuring a glaring spelling mistake.
“M: Make this month count. A: Accoplish (sic) your goals. Y: You can do this,” the new signage reads.
Furey, the only candidate to weigh in on this issue, said that Kew Beach Public School’s decision to remove the Mother’s Day sign was proof that the TDSB has been captured by wokeness.
“Yesterday’s decision to remove a sign supporting mothers outside Kew Beach Public School is just more evidence that the TDSB is in thrall to political correctness and is in urgent need of reform,” said Furey.
Furey commented on how the woke capture of the TDSB has created a sub-optimal culture that is resulting in poorer educational outcomes for its students.
“Time and again now we’ve seen how its far-left administrators are creating a culture of intolerance and left-wing zealotry in our schools. It’s bad for our kids’ education and it has got to stop,” said Furey.
Furey used the opportunity to announce that he would revive the TDSB’s school resource officer program that placed a police officer in schools.
“As Mayor, I would also call for the reinstatement of the School Resource Officer program, to help ensure our children and teachers have a safe place to learn and work,” remarked Furey.
Furey says that after consultations with Toronto’s parents, a Furey mayoralty would have Toronto’s schools focus on academic achievement and school safety.
“I’m hearing from parents of all walks of life across Toronto who say they just want a school system focused on academic excellence and safety,” said Furey.
“As Mayor, I will be the voice for parents who have grown tired of divisive ideologies holding so much sway in our schools.”
