NEWS RELEASE: TDF represents BC MLA Dallas Brodie after Vancouver School Board cancels town hall event
TDF Executive Director Mark Joseph said, "Our position is that the VSB cannot cancel a town hall hosted by an elected politician using the pretext of 'security concerns,' particularly where the police expressed none. In any case, Ms. Brodie's office arranged for private security, so VSB's stated reasons are not credible upon examination. If officials can arbitrarily cancel a politician's speaking engagement, or do so via a heckler's veto, the democratic process will grind to a halt. Some people in power seem to think that society will progress only if an intellectual elite curates opinions and expression; this view is hubristic and foolish. Voting-age Canadians are not children who need monitoring and correction."
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