Child and adolescent safeguarding issue in Langley BC

[TurboTeddy]

Saw this whilst trawling twitter. I was shocked by the age range of 12 -24 and that they won't let parents into the swim event. Rose of dawn speculated about the appeal of such events to a well known tampon fetishist.

Truly unbelievable how safe guarding can be disregarded in the name of progressive inclusivity. Unsurprisingly there are tweets, in response, that allude to PIE.

I'm posting really just to add to the record of these events so we can plot the rate at which this is becoming normalized. It seems to have been gathering pace and I can't help but wonder if twitters tolerance of MAP accounts and the silencing of concerned or dissenting women is a contributing factor.

How do we stop this?

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How do we stop this?

We can't the government are set on the end goal and we won't stop it.

However, giving it as much light as possible helps more of the public connect the dots.

Why are feminists being blamed for saying breasts aren’t sex organs. We say this, but we also assert safety and privacy.

For all LGBT Youth plus their allies (you can read dirty old men for that)

Age 12 - 24 (plus of course the dirty old men mentioned above)

No parents or caregivers allowed

Gender-inclusive change rooms and washrooms

I mean, what could possibly go wrong with that set-up?

Twelve year olds with adult men. No parents allowed. This is utter madness.

Whenever I despair about the rank state of the UK and reflect on our ever-increasing international laughing stock status, I catch myself and think "Well, at least we are not Canada".

Not yet.

A potentially topless swim session for ages 12-24 with mixed sex changing rooms and no parental supervision? Possibly attended by unspecified "allies"? Yeh, great idea, can't see aaaaaanything going wrong there.

Ffs. What is happening?!

Looks like it's been cancelled due to the backlash.

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"Well, at least we are not Canada".

Not yet.

It's a very worrying thought isn't it. Canada must have safeguarding laws, how the hell has this been approved. It looks like an invitation to paedophiles or any other type is sexual predator. Even if there is no disaster on the day it puts vulnerable young people in contact with those who would happily groom them to exploit that vulnerability.

I'm not a fan of hand wringing "won't somebody think of the children" but really WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHIlDREN!

Thank fuck for that, common sense prevailing for now.

Langley is Yaniv's stomping ground isn't it? Nuff said!

How often does Langley have those open council meetings or whatever they are that Yaniv presents at on a regular basis? They look so dire, I suspect if I had to sit through them I would quite look forward to the Yaniv presentation for entertainment reasons.

As regards the swim session, maybe someone alerted someone that Yaniv would be the first through the door? I have read, on a certain website 🥝 suggestion that the risk Is recognised and being monitored. But maybe that is wishful thinking.

Turbo Teddy I am not really sure that we do have effective safeguarding laws in Canada... DH is a teacher and was astounded that at his interview here he was asked no safeguarding or child protection questions. It's not a concept that is much discussed here.

I live just south of the US/Canadian border. I love Canada. We enjoy heading up to BC to visit Vancouver or Victoria or ski in Whistler. It's really an amazing area. I'm always struck by just how NICE the Canadians are. Compared to most Americans, they are very helpful, polite, and seem to avoid confrontation; in other words, Canadians seem very accommodating.

Is it possible this generous spirit is why Canada is in this crazy place on gender issues? In their efforts to be caring and inclusive to all citizens, have they lost sight of the need to protect the vulnerable? It's hard for me to comprehend just how a certain tampon fetishist or a militant anti-woman hate ogre have been allowed to do what they've done; they don't deserve the protections they've been afforded.

CANADA WAKE UP!!! You have foxes in the hen house. Reality is coming and it is not going to be pretty.

Canadians are so open-minded their brains start to fall out.

They haven't yet realized that always thinking the best of people accused of wrongdoing is a way to disparage and devalue victims.

So much of what they preach there is about inclusivity, to the point where anyone protesting that potential perpetrators shouldn't be included with potential victims is shushed by the woke.

I'm glad they canceled the event, but the language in the cancellation is very weird, almost like they're disappointed that because parents etc. spoke up, they won't have the influx of young bodies they were hoping for.

Canadians are so open-minded their brains start to fall out.

I feel confident that not all 37 million Canadians feel this was a good idea. Including this one. Also feel certain few of us 37 million Canadians have any involvement or say with the goings on at Al Anderson pool in the town of Langley, B.C., let alone being in Langley (population of ~25,000).

Sure, but people have been asking what's different about Canada that it seems to go so far there. I love Canadians, my in-laws are Canadian, I've had relationships with them, and have celebrated Canada Day there a few times. The general patriotism of Canada right now is all tied up with inclusion, and it's why these kinds of things go further.

Thanks for the views from Canada. It sounds like a wonderful country where people like to think the best of each other but does that mean Canadians can be naive to the dangers some people present? I'm hoping the number of child abuse scandals we've seen in the UK has made us more suspicious. The more I pay attention to the normalisation of sexualising children the more worried I become that there is an agenda with a global reach.

Its good to see there was pushback to this event but I agree the language in the cancellation was odd and it certainly didn't sound like they were abandoning the idea altogether but rather waiting for a more favourable climate to try again.

I've spent a fair bit of time in Canada and loved it there. Friendliest people I ever met, never met a Canadian I didn't like. But it's gone off the rails politically in a truly insane way. JT talks a good talk but he's mostly hot air from what I've seen. If he put half as much effort into investigating the disproportionate and escalating murders of indigenous women as he does granting men access to women's changing rooms, he might actually accomplish something.

I could not work out what this was even for.

It's going swimming. Don't most children do that anyway? And once they get to teens they either continue if they like it and drop it if they don't.

Most parents take their children swimming- even ones like me who hate sport and exercise and communal facilities. Why does there need to be a special event?

If it has something to do with body issues and helping people to be at ease with their body the best thing anyone who suffers from that is to go to an all ages, mixed sex public pool. They will quickly see humans come in all sorts of different shapes , sizes and hirsuteness and nobody cares.

The weird thing is care givers were not going to be allowed but allies were. Why wouldn't care givers count as allies?

Well someone was very disappointed that this event was cancelled.

I had not joined the dots. JY is just trolling for attention now surely.

Well, well, well...isn't that interesting? Sooo glad the event was canceled in light of certain local allies that might have attended!

Those tweets need to be put on billboards.

I hope someone waved that tweet conversation under the nose of the Member in the tribunal...