Commentary
School board trustee elections are currently taking place in four provinces: Ontario, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Prince Edward Island. While trustee elections are typically sleepy affairs, things are shaping up quite differently in Ontario.
That’s because a significant number of trustee candidates are running on a so-called “anti-woke” platform. Fed up with schools imposing critical race theory and gender ideology on students, these candidates want to get these ideological perspectives out of the education system.
Predictably, the anti-woke candidates are getting considerable pushback from advocates on the other side of the ideological spectrum.
The clash has created a toxic environment where both sides accuse the other of operating in bad faith. Debates that revolve around matters of personal identity such as race and gender frequently generate far more heat than light. It’s tough to have a rational discussion with someone that you think is out to destroy your very identity….