Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is "not moving forward" with a controversial motion on gender identity introduced at a weekend Progressive Conservative party convention.

The resolution, brought forward by parental rights advocate Tanya Granic Allen, declares gender identity a "Liberal ideology" and asks that references to it be removed from Ontario's sex-education curriculum.

"I'm not moving forward with that," he told reporters at a news conference on Monday. "It's done."

Earlier on Monday, at the Legislature, Education Minister Lisa Thompson said the motion is non-binding and not government policy. Critics have called the resolution dangerous and called on Ford to denounce it. Read more via CBC