I’ve been saying it for a long time, the crazy right wing ideas from the US are coming here to Canada. First it was doctors that won’t prescribe birth control and now a Tory MPP has said publicly that he doesn’t believe in evolution and said in a debate at Queens Park that it’s “not a bad idea” to opt out of teaching evolution in schools.
When Progressive Conservative MPP Rick Nicholls shouted in the legislature that it’s “not a bad idea” to stop teaching evolution in schools, he wasn’t kidding.
The off-the-cuff remark during a heated debate over the new sex education curriculum landed Nicholls (Chatham-Kent-Essex) in hot water with Conservative colleagues and left him ridiculed by others.
“It obviously didn’t help our position,” said Interim Conservative Leader Jim Wilson, who has frequently blamed his party for poor decisions that led to four successive election defeats by the scandal-plagued Liberals.
But Nicholls stood by his line when asked about it Wednesday.
“For myself, I don’t believe in evolution,” Nicholls told reporters.
Source: The Star
If the West (and Canada) wants to keep its technological and scientific lead in the world, we need to teach children science whether it gets in the way of religious beliefs or not. I’m at a loss for words at the stupidity of MPP Nicholls and I hope his constituents realize that he’s a retard.
