Alberta government postpones release of revised school library book ban policy
By Canadian Press on September 5, 2025.
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it has postponed the release of its revised school library book ban policy.
The government initially promised the new ministerial order this afternoon, but the province now says it will be released Monday.
Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides says the government is “taking the time needed” to make sure the new ministerial order is clear.
The new version of the policy is set to come almost one week after the government directed school boards to pause their work in complying with the original ministerial order.
School boards were told to remove books containing what the province deemed sexually explicit content, including images, illustrations and written descriptions.
That led Edmonton Public Schools to compile a list of over 200 books it needed to remove, including several literary classics, which Premier Danielle Smith called “vicious compliance.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 5, 2025.
Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press
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These days, many children have smartphones, which have the internet on them. Does the UCP not realize that kids can look up virtually anything on them? A smartphone is basically like a small computer. Things sure have changed. Many seniors, who are in their 80s, or 90s, will remember a one room school that they attended, and no computers or smartphones were there. They will also remember when Elvis Presley shaking his hips caused concern with their parents in the 1950s. The youngsters, and young adults still bought his records. What music are many children listening to today? It can be more controversial than Elvis Presley shaking his hips. Children have access to that too on their smartphones.