Red Deer student’s acceptance speech cut from online awards ceremony
Jesse Drwiega says he is very proud of the recognition he received this week from the province of Alberta.
However, the Red Deer native and Lindsay Thurber grad says his free speech was silenced when the province censored his acceptance speech for his Queen’s Golden Jubilee Award for performing arts.
Drwiega and this year’s other recipients were asked to record a short video acceptance speech for an online ceremony held on Tuesday.
In a Facebook post, the 25-year-old says his speech was left out of the broadcast because in it he criticized the UCP government for making arts and education funding cuts.