Graham Thomson: Alberta Teachers’ Association says Bill 24 protects teachers as well as students:
The Alberta Teachers’ Association would like to talk to Jason Kenney.
The 46,000-member association, which represents the vast majority of teachers in the province, wants the leader of the United Conservative Party to know it backs Bill 24, an Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances.
The ATA also doesn’t appreciate Kenney trying to put teachers in a position where they would be responsible for potentially divulging a student’s sexual identity to his or her parents without the student’s consent.
ATA president Greg Jeffery said he’s been trying to arrange a meeting with Kenney to talk about education issues. But Kenney just doesn’t pick up.