B.C. bans cellphone use in schools, prohibits protests
B.C. bans cellphone use in schools, prohibits protests
Ahead of the upcoming school year, B.C. Premier David Eby announced that cellphones will be restricted in B.C. schools "from bell to bell."
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Prohibits protests. Rember when Eby was a civil rights advocate?
According to the article, quoted.
Access zones are in place at K-12 schools, and police can arrest or issue tickets to anyone found impeding access, disrupting or interfering with educational activities, or attempting to intimidate an individual within 20 metres (66 feet) of school property,” the province said in a release. Unquoted now...
What part of that is bad? Nothing says people can't protest but no one should interfere with kid's education. Doesn't say people can't protest, but they can't disrupt people who go in there is all which seems fair.
Edit: forgot to say I can be a bit dense and not realize things so if I'm missing a glaring fact or angle of this please do inform me.
You realize colleges and universities are schools, right?
You realize it only mentions k-12 in the article and bill right? So while they are schools I can't find mention of them in this act. Can you please show where it says Universites are included? It does not in the article or the link below.
https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/24018
It's vague and doesn't exclude them.
this doesnt prevent students or college protests, its to prevent outsiders protesting on school grounds ("think of the children" conservatives, Qnuts, religious or prolife groups etc etc)
Read the article, this is about preventing adults from protesting on school grounds, not outright banning protesting.
You think transphobic protests should be allowed to stand on school grounds making kids and teachers uncomfortable?
I just read the bill, article is wrong.
edit: I read the bill, its here: https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/bills/billscurrent/5th42nd:gov22-1
It specifically focusses on protests on school grounds, or protests that impede access to schools. Thats it. Where does it mention other kinds of protest?