Parents for Choice endorses CBE Trustee candidates for the first time
In its 13-year history, Parents for Choice in Education (PCE), an advocacy organization that promotes parental control and expanded school choice, has never endorsed candidates in trustee elections, until now. Cindy Dubray (wards 1 and...
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Big Money
On October 1, 2025, Heather Ganshorn posted a column in the Edmonton Journal, claiming that parental rights “threatened to take public education backwards.” For credibility, she cited a report that she had done...
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Parental rights help restore lost trust in public education
In a recent column, Heather Ganshorn accused parental rights groups such as Parents for Choice in Education (PCE) of importing American-style “culture wars” into Alberta schools, What she calls a “connection” to the UCP...
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Are School Board Elections as much Fun as a Hockey Game?
There’s an old joke: I went to a fight – and a hockey game broke out. Anyone who’s signed their kids up for hockey has heard it. What matters is that we...
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The Teachers’ Union is coming for independent schools
A $3 million power grab disguised as ‘equity’ — The ATA’s war on independent schools.I guess that it was bound to happen. There are around 48,000 students in independent schools. That means...
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Parental Rights and the Rule of Law
In late June 2025, a federally appointed judge granted an injunction against Alberta’s law prohibiting sex-change procedures for minors. The challenge, launched by trans activist groups, is just the first step in...
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Alberta’s teachers are striking – but against whom?
"The student who attacked me was back in class two days later." That’s not a line from an American ghetto. That’s from an Alberta classroom. And stories like that are behind the...
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Now's the time to speak up about sexualized books in schools
Today, Alberta’s Minister of Education issued a call for consultation. The province is asking parents, teachers and community members to weigh in on the presence of sexually explicit and age-inappropriate books in K-9 school...
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What Will Pope Leo Say About Education?
When the white smoke cleared and the name “Leo XIV” was announced, most commentators missed the point. They speculated about political balance, factionalism, and the American angle. But the real clue is...
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The Liberals Are Coming for Independent Education
It’s a sneak attack. Last December, a committee of Canada’s Liberal government recommended removing charitable status from religious organizations in Recommendation 430. The Conservatives oppose it, and the Liberal campaign won’t disown...
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Smith Lowers the Boom on School Bureaucrats
When is a “private” school not private? In Alberta? Always. Every aspect, from curriculum to teacher certification, is dictated by the Ministry of Education. Christian schools have even been ordered to remove...
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Spring 2025 Newsletter
Greetings! It’s been a big year for us. We’ve published 14 new articles, hosted many events, and taken part in numerous interviews. Most importantly, we’ve seen our policy initiatives taken up by...
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The Mullahs of Public Education
Jizya. The dhimmi tax. That’s what they called it. In the old Ottoman Empire, that was the tax levied on people who didn’t follow the state-run religion. It was meant to encourage people to...
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The Pashas of Public School
It’s a state religion. The priests are teachers’ unions, bureaucrats, education academics, and “equity consultants.” It doesn’t even pretend to be ideologically neutral anymore: Children are taught gender ideology starting in the...
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The Feast of the Innocents
Today is the most difficult holiday. In the traditional calendar, December 28th marks the Feast of the Innocents: "When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and...
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Is 'Wokeness' burning out?
Like a roaring fire, "Woke" ideology has burned through Western institutions. We've dedicated bureaucracies to "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion." We’ve seen “equitable math instruction.” We’ve painted classrooms in rainbow colours, as activist librarians encouraged children...
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Citizen's Guide to Canadian Politics
Our Executive Director, John Hilton-O'Brien, contributed a chapter on Education to the Citizen's Guide to Canadian Politics. Published by the Western Standard, this book is available as a free resource to all...
Bait and switch on parental rights and religious freedom?
Two years ago, a school invited law students to talk to their middle schoolers about how to avoid date rape. Their point was simple: if she doesn't actively consent, it's rape. You have to...
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Why Higgs lost in New Brunswick, and it was nothing to do with trans rights
Was The New Brunswick election a loss for parental rights? Blaine Higgs with rookie Progressive Conservative candidate Faytene Grasseschi, Despite her inexperience in politics, Ms. Grasseschi rode her passion for parental rights...
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Smith offers schools peace, but the radicals won’t have it
Apparently, you can’t buy peace. Alberta Premier Smith’s recently announced $8.6 billion School Construction Accelerator Program was intended to do just that. Facing a conflict between parents and ambitious school board bureaucrats and activists, she...
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Trudeau looks for electoral advantage from pro-gay, anti-Catholic stance
You could smell the smoke, but still feel a chill. In 2021, 85 Catholic churches were burned down or vandalized — mostly provable arsons. Even as he was condemning the arsons, Prime...
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If performance matters, measure it... but the ATA hates the idea!
Alberta's teachers' union doesn't like accountability. But Alberta’s Minister of Education, Demetrios Nicolaides does. And he's on the right track. Recently, Nicolaides sent out a memo about increasing the frequency of Alberta’s standardised exams. The...
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In Defense of Standardized Testing
There's been a lot of noise about getting rid of standardized exams over the last few years. Supposedly, minorities are at a disadvantage in writing exams. Consequently, the argument runs, doing away with standardized...
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Is an NDP civil war looming?
Congratulations to Naheed Nenshi. He’s earned the leadership of Alberta’s New Democratic Party. And he means to earn the premiership. However, he’s got an uphill battle — and it isn’t from who...
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