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17th Century puritanism has come back to life in the Alberta Government. Last week, its Minister of Education, Demetrios Nicolaides signed a Ministerial Order that is jaw-dropping.
Concerned that some Alberta school libraries have books that are too sexually explicit, he decided to solve the problem.
The Centre for Free Expression (CFE) at Toronto Metropolitan University announced today that Michelle Arbuckle is joining the CFE Working Group on Intellectual Freedom. The Working Group guides CFE’s work in assisting libraries across Canada in promoting and defending intellectual freedom and in resisting demands for censorship.
On Monday, May 26th, 2025, Alberta Minister of Education Demetrios Nicolaides announced that the government was bringing in new rules to ensure only "age-appropriate" books are available in school libraries in the province.
