Hidden Valley parents disagree with Yukon justice minister, say they want attention on sexual abuse scandal
CBC
Several Hidden Valley Elementary School parents say an assertion from a Yukon minister that families do not want political attention on a sexual abuse scandal involving a former educational assistant is "insulting."
Justice minister Tracy McPhee made the comment to reporters on Oct. 13, after members of the opposition parties spent days hammering the Liberal cabinet in the Yukon Legislature about the issue.
Echoing an earlier statement from Premier Sandy Silver, McPhee accused the Yukon Party of playing politics with the situation.
"Ultimately, if the members of the opposition want to use, what are we at, 15 questions over the last three days to ask the same things? That's unfortunate for Yukoners," she said.
"There's lots of great questions they could be asking about government business or government work or government issues that do not continually put these families in the public eye … [Families] want to get on with it, they want to go to school."
Her comments marked the first time she'd publicly spoken about Hidden Valley.
McPhee, who's also currently the health and social services minister and deputy premier, was education minister in 2019, when Hidden Valley educational assistant William Auclair-Bellemare was arrested for sexually abusing a student. He later pleaded guilty to one count of sexual interference.
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