There’s never a bad time for a scandal-ridden right-wing government like Alberta’s United Conservative Party to try to gin up a moral panic over books with dirty pictures in school libraries. David J. Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published May 28, 2025. 

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/05/28/Alberta-School-Book-Ban-Plan/

There’s never a bad time for a scandal-ridden right-wing government like Alberta’s United Conservative Party to try to gin up a moral panic over books with dirty pictures in school libraries. David J. Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published May 28, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/05/28/Alberta-School-Book-Ban-Plan/

What’s Behind Alberta’s School Book Ban Plan

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