Question Period
Discrimination
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My question is for the Minister of Colleges and Universities. I was copied on the letter that the minister received from OCUFA, the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations, some days ago, where they expressed their alarm at the government intending to allow Charles McVety’s Canada Christian College to call itself a university and award degrees in arts and science. They talk about him as someone who “openly holds deeply rooted Islamophobic, transphobic and homophobic views.” This is a body of thoughtful academics who care deeply about post-secondary education in Ontario. They go on to say, “The Ontario government should not grant accreditation and degree-granting privileges to institutions that do not meet the anti-discriminatory and anti-hate speech principles outlined in the Ontario Human Rights Code.” That seems like a pretty sensible bar. When the organization that represents 17,000 faculty and academic librarians across the province urges the government to change course, does that not convince the minister that he and his government are on the wrong track?
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