Monday May 11th
Possible cash hit if Gay-Straight Alliances not allowed in schools (LP, CJWW)**
If schools aren’t allowing gay-straight alliances (GSAs), Education Minister Don Morgan wants to know about it — they may face a financial penalty. Morgan was reacting to a private members bill tabled by the Opposition recently, the Respect for Diversity — Student Bill of Rights Act, which would legislate the right to GSAs.
NDP Seeks to Legislate Gay-Straight Alliances in Schools
Tuesday May 12
NDP pushes government on GSAs (CJWW, CKRM, Global Regina, MJ Times, SP)**
The NDP Opposition says Saskatchewan schools should be mandated by law to accommodate gay-straight alliances (GSAs). “What is the real reason this government is so afraid to pass legalization on GSAs? Is it because the Sask. Party is afraid to offend social conservatives?”
- http://www.saskatoonhomepage.ca/hyperbaric-chamber-gay-straight-alliances-headline-legislature/itemid_21
- http://www.mjtimes.sk.ca/Canada—World/Society/2015-05-12/article-4144664/Saskatchewan-NDP-says-law-needed-for-gay-straight-alliances-for-students/1
- http://beta.criticalmention.com/app/#report/view?993634/token/dfd277af-fa2e-4850-8731-c699b4a15417
- http://620ckrm.com/ckrm-on-air/ckrm-local-news/9741-ndp-leader-cam-broten-says-laws-for-gay-straight-alliances-are-needed-in-saskatchewan
- http://beta.criticalmention.com/app/#report/view?993712/token/fc114493-0ff7-4ab9-a6ca-186ff1601818
- http://globalnews.ca/news/1994711/no-need-for-symbolic-gay-straight-alliance-law-sask-education-minister/
- http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/pushes+GSAs/11050361/story.html
Wednesday May 13th
Saskatchewan students call for government legislation (LP)**
Schools and their respective divisions throughout the province may not be handling requests for gay-straight alliances as well as the government had thought. There are kids in our schools who are contemplating suicide,” Forbes said. “We can’t be avoiding the tough questions and the tough leadership.”
- http://www.leaderpost.com/life/Saskatchewan+students+call+government+legislation/11054280/story.html
Thursday May 14th
Rick Mercer tweets do the right thing:
Friday May 15th
Letter – Margi Corbett asks Why won’t our provincial government legislate protection of students’ human rights in public schools?
Wall says the government’s policy on gay-straight alliances in schools ensures they can exist and legislation won’t make a difference. The Opposition tabled a private member’s bill in April that focused on anti-bullying, but it didn’t get government support.
- http://globalnews.ca/news/1999476/dispute-over-effectiveness-of-sask-gay-straight-alliance-policy/
- http://regina.ctvnews.ca/policy-on-gay-straight-alliances-in-schools-effective-says-wall-1.2374502
- http://www.leaderpost.com/life/Saskatchewan+premier+defends+policy+GSAs+schools/11057482/story.html
- http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/Policy+GSAs+schools+effective+premier+says/11057715/story.html
- http://www.paherald.sk.ca/Canada—World/Society/2015-05-14/article-4147039/Policy-on-gay-straight-alliances-in-schools-effective:-Saskatchewan-premier/1
- http://www.mjtimes.sk.ca/Canada—World/Society/2015-05-14/article-4147039/Policy-on-gay-straight-alliances-in-schools-effective:-Saskatchewan-premier/1
Tuesday May 19, 2015
Sask. gov’t weak on gay-straight alliances – Op Ed (LP, SP)
The explanations offered by Education Minister Don Morgan for the provincial government preference for a policy stance instead of legislation to enshrine the right of students to establish gay-straight alliances in schools actually seem to make a better case for enacting a law.
- http://www.leaderpost.com/life/Editorial+Sask+weak+straight+alliances/11064788/story.html
- http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/stance+misguided/11064591/story.html
Tuesday May 26, 2015
Letter – Don Cochrane writes in response to NDP pushes government on GSAs