XPost: can.politics, ab.politics, edm.general   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <3a7gw.995393$yK.610154@fx14.iad>,   
   =?UTF-8?B?IijgsqBf4LKgKSAi?=   wrote:   
   >You would have thought that kind of thinking went out with the dinosaurs like   
   >Ed Stelmach and Ralph Klein.  No such progress in a rightwing,   
   >Conservative-encased, intolerant province it seems . . . .   
   >___________________________________________   
   >CBC News Posted: Dec 04, 2014   
   >Premier Jim Prentice held a hastily-organized news conference to announce he   
   >was putting Bill 10 on hold for more consultations.   
   >   
   >   
   >Third reading of Bill 10, a highly controversial bill about student-led   
   >gay-straight alliances has been put on hold for more consultation, said   
   Premier   
   >Jim Prentice Thursday afternoon.   
   >   
   >"We will pull back. We will pause," Prentice said in a hastily-arranged news   
   >conference.  The Alberta premier was out of the province all week while debate   
   >raged on social media and in the Alberta legislature over the bill.   
   >   
   >The province’s Progressive Conservative Party introduced the legislation on   
   >Monday, which effectively killed a private member’s bill to make GSAs   
   mandatory   
   >in schools where students want them.   
   >   
   >An attempt by the PCs to amend the bill last night only inflamed the debate   
   >further.   
   >   
   >“Bill 10 has added to, rather than resolved these divisions, and I accept   
   >personal responsibility for that as the premier," Prentice said.  "I’m most   
   >disturbed that our gay and lesbian youth are caught in the middle of a very   
   >divisive debate."   
   >   
   >Liberal MLA Laurie Blakeman said earlier this week that pressure from Catholic   
   >school boards compelled the Tories to jettison her Bill 202.   
   >   
   >The proposed Tory legislation would have given students the option of   
   appealing   
   >to the Court of Queen’s Bench if the school refused permission for a GSA.   
   >   
   >Public outrage compelled the government to pass an amendment that sends   
   >students to the education minister instead.   
   >   
   >Opposition members said the amendment made matters worse by forcing the GSAs   
   >off school grounds if the boards object to them.   
      
   Well imagine the Letters Laurie is getting from the churches.   
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