Dave Beninger: Board Funding and David Swann

dave beninger: Dave Beninger, a social media political commentator, launched his petition calling on the province to defund the two schools, Meadows Baptist Academy and Harvest Baptist Academy, according to CBC. Human rights advocate Dave Beninger launched a petition to defund the Independent Baptist Christian Education Society. "This petition was started out of a concern for schools that accept public money but are showing that they refuse to accept public rules," said Beninger. David Swann and others to urge Education Minister David Eggen to withdraw the board funding, and set off duelling online petitions. He said Coldwell has repeatedly shown publicly he incapable of providing a safe space for students in his care. "There is a concern here why a gentleman like this should be allowed to run an organization receiving public money and unwilling to follow the public rules that we as a society have decided on to keep children safe," said Beninger. Ng said she found it disturbing that Swann would suggest defunding the schools for non-compliance with guidelines "the minister of education clearly said were not legally binding." Theresa Ng counter petition defends the current funding model as a way to preserve educational choice. Freedom of choice In response, blogger and parent Theresa Ng created a counter petition defending the current funding model as a way to preserve "authentic education choice" and meet the needs of families in a multicultural, pluralistic province. "Freedom of choice is meaningless if all 'choices' are forced to be the same," said Ng. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.