Bill 44 again!

Its time for the government to admit that this bill 44 fiasco was a mistake. They have watered down the clause to the point where it is so very vague now that it has little meaning. All this is already covered in the school act and the last thing we need is more useless legislation. If a sensitive subject such as sex education is going to be taught a letter is already sent home for parents to sign. If they don't sign it, the child will not get the information taught in the classroom, instead they will learn it from their friends in the locker room.

Bill 44 does is keep the threat of the Human Rights Act hanging over a teachers head. It is possible for a teacher to be dragged though a really nasty tribunal for nothing. The tribunal itself "is" punishment.

What all this really amounts to in the end is more paperwork. There will be more paper for parents to sign at the beginning of the year. So along with the forms for registration, field trip permission and FOIP (permission for the child picture to be taken) there will be a few more papers to sign.

The bureaucracy grows and the lawyers get richer.

"Alberta Education has identified nine courses that will require notification, including studies on religious ethics, parenting and aboriginal spiritual views."

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2010/09/02/edmonton-bill-44-legislature-protests.html#ixzz0yPjt9jF7