Revised Alberta school book ban expected to be released today
By Canadian Press on September 8, 2025.
EDMONTON — The Alberta government is set to release its revised school library book ban today.
The government had promised an updated ministerial order Friday, but the announcement was rescheduled.
Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said in an email after the postponement that officials were taking the time needed to ensure a revised order was clear for all school boards.
Boards originally had until the end of the month to remove books containing images, illustrations, audio and written passages with sexually explicit content.
Edmonton’s public school board issued a list of 200 books that it would have to remove, including Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” prompting widespread criticism and ire from Atwood herself.
The government directed school boards last Tuesday to pause their work in complying with the initial order.
Premier Danielle Smith said the order would immediately be changed to only target books with images of sexual content, so literary classics could stay on school shelves.
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So let’s see if I have this correct. For the raging five here I present some common sense
The original gov’t order was for sexual images and pornographic type materials to be removed from school libraries.
The EPS in its infinite wisdom decided that out of 215 other school entities they were going to make an example by acting like children. After the usual NDP uproar from Redmoton, the Premier and the government has decided that in the best interest of all involved that they should be more specific when giving instruction to the petulant board, aka EPS. Today’s the day. Can’t wait to hear the “kids” yelping. Personally, smut and pornography has not place in a school, but that’s just me.
So, in the end should the parents (the dog) wag the EPS (the board) or should we give up parenting to bureaucrats.