There is a big difference between the school board chair thanking a presenter for sharing his views with the board and agreeing with what he said.
The Jan. 13 complaint letter from the presidents of the Prince George, Mackenzie and McBride Teachers Associations to the School District 57 board, complaining about what occurred at the Dec. 13 meeting, deserves a failing grade.
Weber defended the choice, stating it was submitted from elders of the McLeod Lake Indian Band. Perhaps these teachers are unaware that a significant portion of Indigenous elders in the Prince George region are Christian . So, in the spirit of reconciliation, these elders should be denied their chosen religious traditions? So much for diversity and inclusiveness.
For Weber or any school board trustee to use their position to correct Silva on the spot – or worse, “asking him to leave” as Beauregard suggested Weber should have done – would be as ridiculous and “anti-democratic” as Prince George city council shutting down a presenter for having the gall to criticize them and the choices and conduct of city workers.
There is a big difference between criticizing the work of educators and criticizing the educators themselves.
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