By The Canadian Press

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Court: UCP unmasking decision for schools was improper and unreasonable

Oct 28, 2022 | 9:22 AM

A judge has found the Alberta government’s decision in February to block school boards from imposing their own mask mandates was improper and unreasonable.

The case was filed by the Alberta Federation of Labour and the parents of a group of children who were at heightened risk of severe outcomes from contracting COVID-19.

They argued that Alberta’s chief medical officer of health’s decision to rescind a masking order in Alberta schools was not her own but was made by Jason Kenney’s government.

The Court of King’s Bench judge also says Education Minister Adriana LaGrange overstepped her authority when she ordered school boards could not impose their own mask mandates.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 28, 2022.

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