by Jonathon Van Maren, The Bridgehead
The progressive panic attack after the defeat of the NDP government in British Columbia last week has continued unabated. On October 27, the president of the BC Teachers’ Federation, the labor union representing all public school teachers, issued a statement pushing the narrative that the BC Conservative government poses a threat to minorities in the province.
“The results of the October 24 provincial election were not what I, or many of you, had hoped for,” Carole Gordon wrote. “I recognize that with the outcome of a Conservative government, many of us may be feeling disappointed, scared, or deeply concerned about what might come next. I know these results may be particularly concerning for Indigenous, racialized, and 2SLGBTQIA+ members. The BCTF will use every avenue available to protect your rights and challenge discrimination.”
In short: The BC Conservative Party, which ran on a common sense platform largely devoid of right-wing language, is a direct threat to the rights of BC students.
The long march of the LGBT movement through the province’s educational system was actually quite short. The Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) teaching resources and educator network were introduced into BC schools in 2016 after being developed by the BCTF and the ARC Foundation, an LGBT activist group founded to promote LGBT curriculum in schools from kindergarten to Grade 12. ARC received over $2 million in taxpayer dollars to assist in its mission.
The BCTF is committed to maintaining the progressive stranglehold on public education regardless of who the voters – most of whom send their children to public schools – choose to send to Victoria. Their 2026-2027 “leadership priorities” include: