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Pls bear with us for the long
We are often told by opponents that #AbEd is nothing like the US. That our system somehow occurs in a vacuum, a bubble - free from outside influences or strategies.
#ableg
Pls bear with us for the long
We are often told by opponents that #AbEd is nothing like the US. That our system somehow occurs in a vacuum, a bubble - free from outside influences or strategies.
#ableg
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Yet in 2019, a conference called the FreedomTalk was held in AB. Speakers included Western separatists, climate change deniers, & a talk about education that discusses reconciliation, climate change and SOGI as ideologies that need to be removed from curriculum.
#ABEd #ableg
Yet in 2019, a conference called the FreedomTalk was held in AB. Speakers included Western separatists, climate change deniers, & a talk about education that discusses reconciliation, climate change and SOGI as ideologies that need to be removed from curriculum.
#ABEd #ableg
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One speaker at the FreedomTalk 2019 conference was Alex Newman, interviewed by Rebel Media.
A proponent of choice, a climate change skeptic, and fundamentalist Christian. #abed #ableg
One speaker at the FreedomTalk 2019 conference was Alex Newman, interviewed by Rebel Media.
A proponent of choice, a climate change skeptic, and fundamentalist Christian. #abed #ableg
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Newman also happens to be a co-founder of a movement called Public School Exit (PSE)-a Christian fundamentalist org that is elated by the possibilities for unregulated homeschooling that Covid19 affords, as detailed in this April/2020 article:
https://www.politicalresearch.org/2020/04/17/mission-destroy-public-education-rebrands-under-covid-19
#abed
Newman also happens to be a co-founder of a movement called Public School Exit (PSE)-a Christian fundamentalist org that is elated by the possibilities for unregulated homeschooling that Covid19 affords, as detailed in this April/2020 article:
https://www.politicalresearch.org/2020/04/17/mission-destroy-public-education-rebrands-under-covid-19
#abed
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“But while the press release claims that PSE is a “new movement,” in fact it’s just the latest rebranding of a racist, patriarchal, and virulently anti-government movement whose adherents have spent decades working to destroy public education in the United States.”
#abed
“But while the press release claims that PSE is a “new movement,” in fact it’s just the latest rebranding of a racist, patriarchal, and virulently anti-government movement whose adherents have spent decades working to destroy public education in the United States.”
#abed
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All of which, in the AB context, sounds a lot like Bill 15, which makes enormous changes to charter school regulations & deregulates homeschooling.
Of note, 3 UCP MLAs attended the aforementioned conference.
Alberta is not immune. #abed #ableg https://pressprogress.ca/three-of-jason-kenneys-ucp-mlas-attended-conference-featuring-far-right-pro-separatist-speakers/
All of which, in the AB context, sounds a lot like Bill 15, which makes enormous changes to charter school regulations & deregulates homeschooling.
Of note, 3 UCP MLAs attended the aforementioned conference.
Alberta is not immune. #abed #ableg https://pressprogress.ca/three-of-jason-kenneys-ucp-mlas-attended-conference-featuring-far-right-pro-separatist-speakers/
