Alberta’s Wildrose and PCs at odds over gay-straight alliances in schools
EDMONTON — Alberta’s two conservative parties, working on a deal to join forces, are at odds when it comes to social clubs for gay students in schools.
Wildrose Leader Brian Jean says he disagrees with Progressive Conservative Leader Jason Kenney.
Kenney says schools, in some circumstances, should tell parents when their child joins a gay-straight alliance, also known as a GSA.
But Jean says parents are already notified if sexuality issues are taught in the curriculum, but says a gay-straight alliance should be left as a peer group for students.