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‘Tyranny of the rainbow guard:’ Inside the anti-2SLGBTQ+ movement’s efforts to take over Alberta school boards

Loose coalition of far-right groups discuss strategy for purging municipal governing bodies of "Communism" in leaked audio.

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Jan 05, 2024
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Benita Pedersen and David Parker attended the 2023 UCP AGM at the BMO Centre in Calgary. (Facebook/Benita Pedersen)

This piece was originally published in the Progress Report.

Leaked audio provides details on how Take Back Alberta (TBA), in concert with a loose coalition of far right groups, are meeting monthly and working on building a slate of candidate…

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