Richard Brennan in the Toronto Star and Antonella Artuso in the Toronto Sun report (p 5) that according to Human Rights Commissioner Keith Norton, Ontario’s strict-discipline school policies are unfairly targeting black male student and the disabled. In handing down his final annual report yesterday, Norton noted the commission has launched complaints against the Ministry of Education and the Toronto District School Board for their application of the Safe Schools Act. Norton said “young male African-Canadians” are frequently singled out by these zero-tolerance
polices, as are students suffering from disabilities. The commission
has received more than a dozen complaints about the Safe Schools Act, which has come under criticism for being inflexible. The act, passed in 2000, introduced automatic suspensions and expulsions for serious offences such as those involving drugs, alcohol, weapons or assault.
Toronto Star, July 13, 2005, A14, Toronto Sun, July 13, 2005, 22.
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