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Robin Taylor
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Posted: 29 August 2025 at 6:56pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

The Edmonton School Board followed the Alberta Government Ministerial order to the letter which includes banning written depictions of sex outside of religious texts. The UCP need to actually make a rule with context and thought instead of a one size fits all net, because this is what happens
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Steve Coates
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Posted: 29 August 2025 at 8:29pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply

The "banned" books are commonly available in book stores, libraries and schools all across Alberta, outside the K-12 schools. It has always been the purview of libraries to select and make available what they deem appropriate. Think of all the books "banned" from libraries, just because the library could not afford them all. 

The Alberta Government Ministerial order #030/2025, does not contain a list of books. And by the looks of it, most of the order codifies the common practices of public school libraries and libraries in general.
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Robin Taylor
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Posted: 29 August 2025 at 9:50pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

The order needs to have a list because it is overly broad, this is the actual problem. The UCP don't want to be the ones who have to choose which books to ban and it should only be on them which books to ban.
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