'Balance the narrative': Rallies speak to both sides of school division conflict
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It was a tale of two rallies in the Louis Riel School Division (LRSD) on Tuesday, as groups on opposite sides of a hot-button issue gathered in different locations to express their views on LGBTQ2S+ education for students.
It was a tale of two rallies in the Louis Riel School Division (LRSD) on Tuesday, as groups on opposite sides of a hot-button issue gathered in different locations to express their views on LGBTQ2S+ education for students.
At the LRSD offices at 50 Monterey Road, representatives from Action4Canada.com gathered to protest the school board's actions at its last meeting, as well as to criticize the shifting of the board's Sept. 5 meeting online to avoid protestors.
"This is all in the same genre of defending our children, and standing up and saying 'no more of this nonsense,'" said protest organizer Karl Krebs. "We need to balance the narrative in our school divisions."
The conflict began at the LSRD's final meeting of the school year on June 20, when a group of people showed up in support of Francine Champagne, an LRSD trustee who had been suspended without pay for making transphobic comments on social media that were deemed disrespectful to the LGBTQ2S+ community.
Krebs said the LRSD overstepped its bounds when it cut that meeting short before everyone could voice their support for Champagne, and also for banning 35 people from all future school board meetings.
"Many of us have received letters banning us from the Louis Riel School Division properties indefinitely," said Krebs.
At the LRSD offices on St. Mary's Road, dozens rallied in support of the LGBTQ2S+ community. Rainbow flags and signs of support could be seen as event organizers addressed the crowd.
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