The Supporting Children, Youth and Families Act of 2017, also know as Bill 89, was passed in Ontario by a vote of 63 to 23, The Christian Times reported.
The law, which replaces old laws governing child protection, foster care and adoption services, instructs all child services and judges, to take into consideration a child's "race, ancestry, place of origin, color, ethnic origin, citizenship, family diversity, disability, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression."
Comment: Considering that children aren't capable of making informed choices, making it a punishable offense for parents to question their children's decisions about gender identity, which is heavily influenced by education and societal indoctrination, isn't about looking out for the well-being of the child, but putting a muzzle on resistance to the postmodernist concepts of fluid gender.
Minister of Child and Family Services Michael Coteau, who introduced the bill, said "I would consider that a form of abuse, when a child identifies one way and a caregiver is saying no, you need to do this differently."
"If it's abuse, and if it's within the definition, a child can be removed from that environment and placed into protection where the abuse stops."
The old law used to allow parents to "direct the child's education and religious upbringing." The new bill, however, amends such rights of the parents.
It now emphasizes a child's "identity and allows parents only to "direct the child or young person's education and upbringing, in accordance with the child's or young person's creed, community identity and cultural identity."
Ontario children and youth advocate Irwin Elman celebrated the bill and said it signals a "paradigm shift" and creates a "child-centered system of service" with "the commitment to anti-racism and children's rights."
Jack Fonseca, a political strategist for Campaign Life Coalition, meanwhile, criticized the new law.
"With the passage of Bill 89, we've entered an era of totalitarian power by the state, such as never witnessed before in Canada's history. Make no mistake, Bill 89 is a grave threat to Christians and all people of faith who have children, or who hope to grow their family through adoption."
The child services in Ontario, Canada got into hot water back in April after it removed two foster children from a Christian couple's home because they said no to lying to the girls that the Easter bunny is real, The Christian Post reported.
Derek Baars, one of the foster parents, said "We have a no-lying policy" after being told by a child support worker that they must tell the girls, aged 3 and 4, that the Easter bunny is real because it's an important part of Canadian culture.
"We explained to the agency that we are not prepared to tell the children a lie. If the children asked, we would not lie to them, but we wouldn't bring it up ourselves," he added.
Comment: So Jordan Peterson was right when he said that Bill C-16 was just the beginning and that if Legislation like that was allowed to pass, it would open the floodgates of PC authoritarianism to take root.