Comments made by a Vancouver School Board trustee while defending the role of police liaisons in schools have resulted in calls from local teachers for him to step down. In a letter to trustee Fraser Ballantyne, the Vancouver Elementary School Teachers' Association (VESTA) asked him to resign over comments he made at a June 22 board meeting that "indicate a significant lack of awareness of the systemic nature of racism in the school system." VESTA Executive calls for the resignation of VSB Trustee @Frasergb after racist comments at @VSB39 Board Meeting on June 22. My comments were in NO way intended to detract from the importance of hearing from the Black, Indigenous & other racialized students & communities. School Trustees Association, said VESTA has the ability, and the right, to call for a trustee to resign, and agreed Ballentyne's comments were problematic.

Source: CBC News June 25, 2020 20:37 UTC