Apology Sanction Struck for Red Deer School Trustee Who Compared Pride to Nazism
The judges said the apology amounted to compelled speech, while upholding other sanctions against LaGrange.
- On Wednesday, the Alberta Court of Appeal struck down a requirement for former Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools trustee Monique LaGrange to publicly apologize for a social media post comparing Pride flags to Nazi Germany.
- LaGrange faced sanctions in 2023 after posting a meme captioned "Brainwashing is brainwashing," which placed children holding Pride flags beneath an image of children waving swastikas.
- Judges ruled the board's mandate for LaGrange to be "deeply sorry" constitutes compelled speech, imposing an impossible standard since she maintains she did not act wrongly.
- Although the court struck the apology mandate, it dismissed LaGrange's other appeals regarding procedural fairness, leaving most of the board's original disciplinary sanctions intact.
- Legislation from the United Conservative Party now restricts school board power to remove elected trustees, reflecting broader policy shifts around trustee governance and free speech in education.
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The disqualification of and most sanctions placed on a former Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools trustee who likened the Pride movement to Nazi ideology in a social media post were […]
Alberta Court of Appeal strikes Catholic school board’s forced apology for trustee over anti-Pride post
Subhead:The court found requiring former Red Deer trustee Monique LaGrange to express remorse amounted to compelled speech, but upheld the board’s remaining findings against her.# Alberta’s highest court has struck down a Catholic school board’s order requiring former trustee Monique LaGrange to publicly apologize for a social media post comparing children waving Pride flags with children displaying Nazi flags. A three-judge Alberta Court of A…
Court of Appeal overturns Alberta school board's demand that former trustee apologize for meme
The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that a school board was wrong to demand an apology from a former school trustee who posted a meme likening 2SLGBTQ+ pride to Nazi ideology while serving on the board.
Court upholds school board's disqualification of trustee LaGrange
The Court of Appeal of Alberta has upheld the Red Deer Catholic School Board's decision to disqualify former trustee Monique LaGrange, though it also ruled that she should not have been ordered to publicly apologize after posting an internet meme that led to her being removed from her role.
Apology sanction struck for Red Deer school trustee who compared Pride to Nazism
Alberta’s highest court has struck the decision by a Catholic school division requiring a trustee to publicly apologize for a social media post that compared children waving Pride flags to Nazi Germany. The issue erupted in the summer of 2023 and led Monique LaGrange to resign from the board of Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools […]
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