Stop the New Sex-Ed Agenda is a minor

social conservative Social conservatism is a political philosophy and variety of conservatism which places emphasis on traditional power structures over social pluralism. Social conservatives organize in favor of duty, traditional values and social institution ...

provincial political party in

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, Canada. It was founded by Queenie Yu, who also serves as its leader. It is a

single issue party Single-issue politics involves political campaigning or political support based on one essential policy area or idea. Political expression One weakness of such an approach is that effective political parties are usually coalitions of facti ...

with a platform based on being in opposition to the updated

sexual education Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including emotional relations and responsibilities, human sexual anatomy, sexual activity, sexual reproduc ...

curriculum for Ontario public schools implemented in 2015. Yu has stated on multiple occasions that the goal of the party is not to win seats but rather to encourage others to oppose the curriculum.

History

Prior to the foundation of the party, Queenie Yu ran as an independent candidate in the September 1, 2016 byelection in

Scarborough—Rouge River Scarborough—Rouge River was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada between 1988 and 2015. However, as of the Fall 2015 federal election, part of this riding has been com ...

, coming in fourth with 582 votes. Yu and other protesters opposed to the Ontario government's February 2015 update of the Ontario sex education

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founded the party in October 2016. It ran one candidate each in the 2016 by-elections in

Ottawa—Vanier Ottawa—Vanier (formerly known as Ottawa East) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935. Previous to that date, it was part of the Ottawa electoral district ...

and

Niagara West—Glanbrook Niagara West—Glanbrook was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that existed from 2004 to 2015. The riding was created in 2003 from parts of Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot, Erie—Lincoln, Hamilton Mountain, Niagara ...

. In the

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, the party ran a total of three candidates, none of which won their seats. The party failed to win any seats in the 2022 Ontario general election.

Election results

References

{{Canadian Conservative Parties Provincial political parties in Ontario 2016 establishments in Ontario Conservative parties in Canada Social conservative parties Single-issue political parties Opposition to sex education Organizations that oppose LGBT rights in Canada Political parties established in 2016 Organizations based in Toronto