News Analysis The advancement of Ontario’s Racial Equity in the Education System Act to third reading has alarmed critics, who say the legislation would entrench critical race theory (CRT) in schools and could lead to its adoption across Canada. Bill 67 defines “anti-racism” as “the policy of opposing racism including anti-Indigenous racism, anti-Black racism, anti-Asian racism, antisemitism and Islamophobia,” without naming whites. It requires every school board to establish a “racial equity plan” for all of its schools, and sets out “anti-racism and racial equity requirements that apply to every college of applied arts and technology and every university that receives ongoing operating funds from the government for the purposes of post-secondary education.” Brian Giesbrecht, senior fellow with the Frontier Centre for Public Policy and a retired judge, says the bill is “the Canadian version of the critical race theory dogma now being forced on American parents.” He notes that CRT …
Bill 67 Would Entrench Critical Race Theory in Ontario Schools, Say Critics
March 15, 2022
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