A private school board that refuses to implement an LGBTQ policy received nearly $4.5 million in provincial funding over in the past six years. Human rights advocate Dave Beninger launched a petition to defund the Independent Baptist Christian Education Society. Kinney said Alberta private school students receive 70 per cent of the operational funding a public school student would receive. He said Ontario and Maritime provinces don't fund private schools and Alberta needs to have a conversation about whether to continue. "While we're wasting millions of dollars on publicly funding private schools that refuse to create safe spaces for LGBTQ students we could be funding school lunches or more inclusive education," said Kinney.

Source: CBC News September 01, 2016 13:01 UTC