Commentary
The Chilliwack School Board is no doubt pleased with the ruling issued by the B.C. Supreme Court on Halloween 2025. In Di Armani v. School District No. 33, the court avoided condemning the anti-democratic behaviour of the board chair and vice-chair. At a public school board meeting in June 2023, the chair and vice-chair repeatedly interrupted local resident, mother, and grandmother Lynda Di Armani and muted her microphone, before ordering her to stop her presentation.
In an affront to democracy and transparency, the board also prohibited members of the public from recording this public meeting, with the exception of “authorized” media. Prohibiting the recording of a public meeting violates the Charter right of all citizens and taxpayers to hear, listen to, and consider alternative perspectives, and to share information freely….