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Alberta government closed schools during COVID despite contradicting data

Early in the pandemic, we knew that COVID cases in children were mild and fatalities were very rare.


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Ontario government closed schools even after reality of COVID became clear

By December 2020, a large body of research showed that children represented two per cent or less of COVID.


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COVID school closures likely caused significant learning loss in Alberta and beyond

Better organized and operated schools are likely better able to help students recover from temporary learning loss.


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Empower parents, not the educational bureaucracy

The New Brunswick government will require parental consent before students under the age of 16 can change their names and gender identities at school.


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Most Nova Scotia parents feel pandemic policies have hurt their child’s education

Students in the province have missed at least 21 weeks of in-class learning in less than two years.


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Most Prairie parents feel pandemic policies have hurt their child’s education

Sixty-eight per cent of Alberta parents say their child has fallen behind in school during the pandemic.


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Almost half of Ontario’s non-government schools have fewer than 50 students.