Ontario’s College of Teachers has accused a school board trustee of professional misconduct for comments he made on gender identity and abortion.
Trustee Michael Del Grande of the Toronto Catholic School Board could be disciplined for two incidents. In one, he spoke to a student trustee after she criticized an anti-abortion film. On the other occasion, Del Grande commented on a “slippery slope” the board might go down if it included protections for “gender identity” and “gender expression” in its Code of Conduct.
At a disciplinary hearing on Nov. 30, college attorney Rebecca Zaretsky said it’s not about Del Grande expressing his views on these subjects as an elected official or a Catholic; it’s about “the way in which he voiced his opposition.”…