US EditionEx-B.C. school trustee to fight $750,000 penalty for ‘insidious’ anti-SOGI campaign
Neufeld challenges tribunal ruling that fined him $750,000 for discriminatory public posts harming LGBTQ+ staff, with 15-16% of teachers estimated affected, legal review underway.
- The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal ordered Barry Neufeld to pay $750,000, and James Kitchen said he will seek a judicial review in the B.C. Supreme Court.
- The Feb. 18 ruling found Barry Neufeld publicly denigrated LGBTQ people for five years and targeted SOGI 123 classroom resources, creating a discriminatory workplace.
- The tribunal's award calculations put affected teachers at 15 to 16 per cent with per-member payments about $4,600 to nearly $17,000, and Susan Kootnekoff flagged assumptions as appeal points.
- Pierre Poilievre, federal Conservative Leader, called the ruling `insane and Orwellian` and warned `We must defend the truth and free speech against these mad censors,` while Kasari Govender, B.C. human rights commissioner, welcomed it as affirming harm caused by denying trans identities.
- The lawyer warned the case could reach the courtroom by the end of the year with likely interveners on either side, while SOGI 123 remains a campaign issue with the B.C. Conservative Party promising changes.
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Former Trustee to Challenge $750K Tribunal Fine Over Anti-SOGI Remarks in BC Supreme Court
Former B.C. school board trustee Barry Neufeld is headed to the B.C. Supreme Court to challenge a $750,000 penalty imposed by a human rights tribunal for speaking out against gender identity curriculum, a process his lawyer expects to take several years. Neufeld told The Epoch Times in a statement that he is seeking a judicial review of last week’s “unjust decision” by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, which ordered the former Chilliwack school tr…
Ex-B.C. school trustee to fight $750,000 penalty for ‘insidious’ anti-SOGI campaign
A former British Columbia school trustee will be going to court to challenge a $750,000 penalty imposed by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, which ruled that he poisoned the workplaces of LGBTQ+ staff members with a public campaign against classroom resources on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Ex-B.C. school trustee to fight $750K penalty issued by human rights tribunal for hate speech, discrimination
Barry Neufeld will be seeking a judicial review in the B.C. Supreme Court after the Human Rights Tribunal last week ordered the payment to members of the Chilliwack Teachers Association who identify as 2SLGBTQ+.
Ex-B.C. school trustee to fight $750,000 penalty for 'insidious' anti-SOGI campaign
VANCOUVER — A former British Columbia school trustee will be going to court to challenge a $750,000 penalty imposed by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, which ruled that he poisoned the workplaces of LGBTQ+ staff members with a public campaign against classroom resources on sexual orientation and gender identity. Lawyer James Kitchen said in an […]
‘Insane and Orwellian’: Pierre Poilievre blasts BC ‘kangaroo court’ after trustee fined $750,000 for saying there are 2 genders
“Governments and kangaroo courts now chill freedom of expression instead of fighting crime, censoring people who dare to speak their minds."
Former B.C. school trustee to challenge $750,000 penalty for anti-SOGI campaign – Energeticcity.ca
VANCOUVER — The lawyer for former Chilliwack, B.C., school trustee Barry Neufeld says he will be filing a court challenge against a ruling by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal that he poisoned the workplaces of LGBTQ+ staff members with a public campaign against classroom resources on sexual orientation and gender identity. Lawyer James Kitchen says Neufeld will be seeking a judicial review in the B.C. Supreme Court after the tribunal last week ord…
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