Former B.C. school trustee Barry Neufeld is seen at the 2023 March for Children in Chilliwack along with a fellow participant. Courtesy Barry Neufeld
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ordered former Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld to pay $750,000 after ruling that he has violated the Human Rights Code by publishing content that it deemed “discriminatory” and exposed LGBT people “to hatred or contempt.”
The quasi-judicial human rights body issued its final decision this week to conclude a nearly decade-long case. It began in 2017 when the Chilliwack Teachers’ Association and the BC Teachers’ Federation filed a complaint about Neufeld’s public commentary on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) curriculum being taught to children.
