Alberta's Danielle Smith Defends Ban on Explicit Books in Schools, Says Pornography Is 'a Problem'

Anthony Murdoch : Jul 15, 2025
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"If I am not permitted to describe to you the kind of images that seven-year-olds are seeing because it would offend your audience, then we shouldn't be showing them to seven-year-olds." -Premier Danielle Smith

(Edmonton, Alberta) — [LifeSiteNews.com] Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is standing firm on her government's upcoming ban on books with sexually explicit as well as pornographic material from all school libraries, saying "pornography is a problem for young adults." (Screengrab image: via X-LifeSiteNews)

"If I am not permitted to describe to you the kind of images that seven-year-olds are seeing because it would offend your audience, then we shouldn't be showing them to seven-year-olds," Smith told reporters late last week.

Smith added that her and her government's view is that "pornography is a problem for young adults," adding she thinks it's important to make sure "young children are exposed to age-appropriate material only and that they're not exposed to pornographic images early."

As reported by LifeSiteNews in May, Smith's United Conservative Party (UCP) government is going ahead with plans to ban books with sexually explicit as well as pornographic material, many of which contain LGBT and even pedophilic content, from all school libraries.

Last week, the province's Minister of Education, Demetrios Nicolaides, who has been in talks with school boards, said the ban will take effect on October 1, 2025. All sexually explicit materials must be removed from school libraries by this date... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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