Paper Carries Series On Conservative Christian Moves On Education In British Columbia

The Tyee this week is running a 5-part series excerpted from Marci McDonald's The Armegeddon Factor on how the Christian right is building political power in Canada. The articles focus particularly on the central role of British Columbia in the push to move Canada away from a secular public culture. Yesterday's installment focuses on the opposition by evangelical and Catholic parents to the introduction into B.C. schools of an elective course designed to combat homophobia and other bigotry, as well as battles over story books in elementary schools that depict gay families. Today's installment focuses on the rise of private religious schools in B.C. and Alberta, both of which give tuition assistance to children in accredited private schools. Tomorrow the paper will look at the rise of Christian home schooling in the province.