Sam Oosterhoff, the youngest MPP in Ontario history, has called a measure passed by Ontario’s provincial parliament to put same-sex parents on equal footing as their opposite-sex counterparts “a horrible piece of legislation.”

The 19-year-old, who was sworn in this week as a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in Ontario, Canada, told the Toronto Star that he “would definitely not have supported” the All Families Are Equal Act, a bill which hopes to end the days where same-sex parents were forced to go to court and “spend thousands — to get legal recognition, allowing them to register births in the same way heterosexual couples do. The new legislation also means a birth parent can enter into a parenting agreement with up to three others before a child is conceived.”

Oosterhoff claims the law could lead to guardians fighting it out for custody.

“While Bill 28 attempted to streamline certain processes in law, which was a good thing — I encourage adoption and I am super pro-adoption . . . but the reality is we made a very common sense, very practical proposed amendment at the committee stage which was shut down by the Liberals. I think it just goes to show how out of touch they are with people.”

He’s concerned that “having the opportunity for four parents, for example, is something that when the child is placed into the contractual agreement where you don’t even need to have a notarization . . . (four of us), we could create a contract and adopt a child together — and I think that’s worrying because that can create difficult scenarios down the road where you can be litigating . . . over the child.”

“I think that we have to make sure that family law is very child-focused,” he said during a five-minute sit-down interview at Queen’s Park.”

The teen lawmaker says he understands the burden of being a parent because he was once a camp counselor.

“I was a counsellor at camp . . . I had four kids I was taking care of—man, I was beat, like I was so tired… Anyone who takes it upon themselves to be a parent should be commended because it’s a sacrificial job.”