To the editor:
Re: “Break with NPA not a surprise,” June 18.
Kudos to the NPA and all other major Vancouver political parties for firmly standing for rights for LGBTQ persons, and indeed all of us.
I continue to be perturbed that there are people, including apparently two on the school board, who not only believe but openly state that we should base our school policies on what will supposedly attract and coddle foreign students and their parents; to be clear, not citizens, permanent residents or refugees, and in fact not connected with Canada in any way except as rich consumers of education services.
What is next, requiring pictures of the North Korean Kims in each classroom, in hopes of winning the education of the next heir away from Switzerland? Actively banning LGBTQ persons or activities entirely, with the goal of bringing in the scions of Russian oligarchs and Ugandan politicians? Requiring all females to wear burkas, in order to make our schools more comfortable for potential students from the massive Saudi royal family?
These ideas are no more absurd than any other proposal to decide what we do or do not implement for our Canadian students based in even the slightest way on the values and megabucks of people who are absolute outsiders.
Scott Parker,
Vancouver
