 Laurie's cover photo for his Facebook page shows his recently acquired status of Indpendent Candidate! = = = = = |  |
| Basing its decision on the words in Laurie Throness' quote from the Sep 6, 2017 issue of the Campbell River Mirror, about teaching children “to accept and cherish their body shape and biological characteristics just as they are,” and increasing support for independent schools “to provide … greater competition for our public system”, the Social Mavrik Federation endorses him in the 2020 snap election. = = = = = |
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 Hansard, July 25 2016 Three readings one day debate in Legislative Assembly about adding these four words "Gender Identity or Expression" to the BC Human Rights Code. Laurie Throness speech. - 2,741 words = = = = = | Hansard, July 25 2016 Laurie Throness speech Money quote: "I think parents should be free to advise and encourage their children to love and accept their bodies, including their birth gender, and they should have the option to choose institutions that support that belief." |
| Times Colonist, Oct 16 Liberal candidate resigns after comparing NDP contraception plan to eugenics -by Derek Penner = = = = = | Times Colonist, Oct 16 Money quote: “The other thing that I feel about this is that it contains a whiff of the old eugenics thing where, you know, poor people shouldn’t have babies,” he said. “So, we can’t force them to have contraception, so we’ll give it to them for free, and maybe they’ll have fewer babies, so there will be fewer poor people in the future.” |
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