US EditionFormer B.C. school trustee ordered to pay $750K in discrimination, hate speech complaint
Barry Neufeld's public statements were found to expose LGBTQ people to hatred, prompting a $750,000 cost order by the BC Human Rights Tribunal to support the Chilliwack Teachers' Association.
- The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal ordered former Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld to pay $750,000 and $10,000 for improper conduct on February 18, 2026.
- The complaint grew from a campaign that the tribunal found involved Neufeld using his trustee role to oppose SOGI 123, with the BCTF and Chilliwack Teachers' Association filing in 2017, leading to a hearing concluded on May 21, 2025.
- The tribunal found that six publications demonized trans people, breached sections 7, 7 and 13 of the Human Rights Code, and exposed trans, gay and lesbian people to hatred or contempt.
- The tribunal also ordered that individual class members receive awards between around $4,600 to $16,667, and Neufeld must cease similar contraventions, according to the decision.
- By clarifying that human rights law covers public statements, the decision affirms 2SLGBTQIA+ teachers' right to a discrimination-free workplace and highlights SOGI 123's value.
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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
Former BC School Trustee Critical of Gender Ideology Ordered to Pay $750,000 for ‘Hate Speech’ by Tribunal
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ordered former Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld to pay $750,000 after ruling that he has violated the Human Rights Code by publishing content that it deemed “discriminatory” and exposed LGBT people “to hatred or contempt.” The quasi-judicial human rights body issued its final decision this week to conclude a nearly decade-long case. It began in 2017 when the Chilliwack Teachers’ Association and the BC Te…
Former B.C. school trustee ordered to pay $750K for hate speech, discrimination: human rights tribunal
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ordered former Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld to pay $750,000 for violating the Human Rights Code by publishing hate speech and discriminatory content against 2SLGBTQ+ people.
Former B.C. school trustee ordered to pay $750K in discrimination, hate speech complaint
Former Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld has been ordered to pay $750,000 in damages to LGBTQ2S+ teachers after the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal found dozens of his public statements amounted to discrimination or hate speech.
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B.C. tribunal orders former school trustee to pay $750K over anti-LGBTQ vitriol
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has ordered a former Chilliwack, B.C., school trustee to pay $750,000 to the local teachers association, finding his conduct during his tenure "poisoned" the workplaces of LGBTQ+ staff members.
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