A trustee barred from meetings for six months after comments about the Pride flag is once again trying to have it banned from schools with the Niagara Catholic District School Board in Ontario. Natalia Benoit was censured in January after an independent investigator found she had breached the board's code of conduct by comparing the Pride and Nazi flags, saying neither should be welcome at the schools. Do you think Pride flags should be welcome at schools?

She was relieved of her duties and barred from attending board meetings until June 30. On July 18, she submitted a notice of motion that was shared with the board Sept. 24, alerting her colleagues that her motion to ban the flag board-wide would be presented at the following meeting, set for Oct. 22. Benoit's "proposal to amend the flag-flying protocol to exclude the Pride flag" would bar board schools or offices from displaying the flag, which signals acceptance of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Do you think she will be successful in her attempt at banning the Pride flag?

Director of education Camillo Cipriano said the board began flying the Pride flag at its high schools, adult learning centres and board office in 2021, and at elementary schools in 2022. He said it is a way of signalling support for students who identify as 2SLGBTQ+, a group known to face more bullying and mental health challenges than the school population as a whole. "The New Testament has many stories of Christ himself reaching out to those who are marginalized," he told CBC Hamilton on Wednesday, noting he has discussed the issue with several priests and the local diocese. "I will continue to fly it as long as it remains my decision." Do you agree with Camillo Cipriano's reason for flying the Pride flag?