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The group representing Alberta’s Catholic school boards has raised eyebrows by committing to help fund a B.C. post-secondary school’s court case.

Luke Fevin, a parent and the founder of Alberta Parents for Unbiased Public Inclusive Learning, released documents Monday showing the Alberta Catholic School Trustees Association (ACSTA) approved a motion back in February to intervene in the Trinity Western University case.

Trinity Western, a Christian college in Langley, B.C., will argue before the Supreme Court that it should be able to operate an accredited law school, after Canadian law societies argued that its Christian covenant discriminates against the LGBTQ community.

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Greetings, I have made this email to address the issue that public funds from the Alberta Catholic School Board are being funnelled out of province to fund the Trinity Western University lawsuit. A lawsuit motivated by bigotry and hate of LGBT and women. This is an unacceptable mismanagement of my and others tax dollars and school funds. The Alberta Catholic School Board must be held to account for promoting bigotry and misleading the citizens of Alberta. School funding should not be going out of province to fight evangelical battles but remain in this province for the betterment of the next generation through proper education!

Thank you for your time.

Did you know that babies from affluent families hear an average of thirty MILLION more words before age 5 than babies in families below the poverty line? For context, Les Miserables is about 650,000 words and it looks like this:

So it’s like reading this book 46 times.* And that’s not the total number of spoken words, that’s the GAP between affluent and poor babies. And these are the years in which the brain undergoes the most development. It’s mind-boggling.

So what I’m saying is: keep doing the thing. Do it to all babies, all the time. Narrate your day. Ask them for opinions. (“Should we buy the large bag of potatoes or the small bag?” “Gaabooglagje.” “Yes, just as I thought.”) Point out colors and shapes and letters. Let them scribble outside the lines and treat their babble like talk. Sing them nursery rhymes and Raffi songs and songs from the radio. All of these things are going to build their brains to prepare them for kindergarten and beyond.

Got a little motto. Always sees me through. When you’re good to Mama. Mama’s good to you.