“Cancel Culture”

Two Ontario teachers who say they were fired for not celebrating LGBT pride at school will have their case heard before the provincial labour relations board.

Matt and Nicole Alexander allege they were suspended and then fired from the Renfrew County District School Board (RCDSB) in October of 2023 for declining to participate in and affirm LGBT events and policies at their schools, according to the non-profit Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), which is providing them with legal aid.

Thirty-seven percent of Canadian university students with right-leaning views fear facing formal consequences—including lower grades—if they share an opinion in class that differs from the accepted “safe” stance on controversial topics, a new poll suggests.

A recently released study from the Fraser Institute found that left-leaning political viewpoints are dominant on university campuses in Canada, with even 30 percent of self-described left-leaning students fearing formal consequences if they express a viewpoint in class that conflicts with what is considered the “safe” stance.

Nearly half of all Canadian university students are actively concealing their real opinions for fear of sanction or mistreatment, according to a comprehensive new survey published Wednesday by the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy.

Of 760 university students surveyed, 48.1 per cent expressed reluctance to reveal their opinions on a “controversial political issue.” The survey found that 27.5 per cent of students were somewhat reluctant and 20.6 per cent were very reluctant.

A pro-Trump and Christian singer whose events on his East Coast Canadian tour have had to be moved to alternate venues after being cancelled is slated to play at the Alberta legislature grounds in August.

U.S. musician Sean Feucht has faced protests and cancellations this week on the first leg of his cross-country tour, which is slated to stop on Aug. 22 in Edmonton for a performance at the grounds’ south bandshell.

I’m not Feucht’s fan but I hate CBC and our Ugly Canadians even more.

An Ontario school board has reversed its decision to suspend a parent serving on a local high school council because of remarks she made about land acknowledgments.

Catherine Kronas was suspended from her position on the Ancaster High Secondary School council after she requested her “respectful objection” to land acknowledgements be recorded at an April 9 school council meeting, according to the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF).

h/t Auntie Polly

EDENTON, N.C. — Confederate supporters arrived first, establishing a Saturday morning base near the town waterfront with “Save our history” signs and Civil War information sheets. Some sported red MAGA hats and shirts that proclaimed “America First,” or, in one case, “If you don’t like Trump then you probably won’t like me and I’m OK with that.”

The opposition showed up about two hours later carrying stark white signs with black letters: “Remove this statue.”

For the next two hours, as they’ve done nearly every Saturday for the past three years, the groups mingled with confused tourists in a seemingly unending fight over a Confederate monument at the heart of this historic town, which is nearly 60 percent Black.

I’m with the Confederacy. You should never erase history.