‘Crazy Decision’: Eby Speaks Out After School Board Pulls ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Due to ‘Equity’ Priorities

B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., on Jan. 9, 2024. The Canadian Press/Ethan Cairns

B.C. Premier David Eby has called the Surrey school board’s decision to remove “To Kill a Mockingbird” over “equity” concerns a bad idea.

“It’s a profoundly anti-racist book,” Mr. Eby told reporters on Feb. 29. “I think for those who are suggesting that it should be banned, they just need to give it a read to understand the power,”