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Former B.C. school trustee ordered to pay $750K in discrimination, hate speech complaint
The tribunal found Neufeld's multi-year campaign created a hostile workplace for LGBTQ teachers and ordered $750,000 in compensation, with individual awards up to $16,667.
- On February 18, 2026, the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal ordered former Chilliwack school trustee to pay $750,000 to the Chilliwack Teachers' Association for discrimination against LGBTQ+ staff.
- Barry Neufeld launched a public campaign against SOGI 123 that began with an Oct. 23, 2017 Facebook post and included 30 publications, six of which likely exposed LGBTQ people to hatred or contempt.
- The tribunal found that for five years, Neufeld publicly denigrated LGBTQ people and teachers, associated them with child abuse, and violated sections 7, 7, and 13 of the Human Rights Code.
- The tribunal estimated the $750,000 award would translate to individual payments between $4,601.23 and $16,666.67 per affected teacher, imposed $10,000 in punitive costs, and barred discriminatory publications.
- Neufeld's legal team says it will seek a judicial review at the B.C. Supreme Court, with lawyer James Kitchen pledging appeals to the B.C. Court of Appeal as supporters fundraise amid criticism from Pierre Poilievre and John Cleese.
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Former B.C. school trustee to challenge $750,000 penalty for anti-SOGI campaign
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kvi.comBC Human Rights Tribunal orders ex-school trustee to pay $750,000 over hate speech for saying there are two genders
Barry Neufeld, the former Chilliwack school trustee, must pay damages to “LGBTQ2S+” teachers after the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal determined that dozens of his statements amounted to discrimination or so-called hate speech.
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Source link A committee of extremists in Canada is demanding a $750,000 penalty from a former school trustee who simply stated the science that using chemicals and surgical mutilations to transition children from one sex to another amounts to child abuse. The stunning result is from the BC Human Rights Tribunal, which has had Barry
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