Honestly, I hadn't planned to follow this story with such dedication, but the controversy isn't going away.  Neither is the double talk.

Last week Alexandre April, science teacher at Ikusik High School in Salluit, a remote village on the north coast of Quebec, complained that he was reprimanded for discussing evolution in class.  Now the provincial education department has sent investigators to the scene of the alleged misconduct.

The Quebec Ministry of Education is stepping in to find out whether Inuit students in northern Quebec can be taught the same science curriculum as students everywhere else — and that includes evolution.
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"Our people are in the field, talking with them and I'm sure we're going to arrive at an understanding of the position," Education Minister Jean-Marc Fournier said.

Double talk comin' at ya:

[Kativik School Board] spokeswoman Debbie Astroff says the beliefs and culture of the local Inuit need to be respected in the classroom.

"The teacher's rationale was that Nunavik [northern Quebec] students should have the same right to the same education as other students. And we agree, but the Inuit of Nunavik should also have the right to have their views and way of life respected by our teachers," she said.

Those views tend to include an adherence to the biblical story of creation.

If you agree that Nunavik students should have the "same education as other students", then they have to be taught evolution.  But, as implied here (and made explicit in earlier reports), local parents believe that teaching evolution to their children is ipso facto disrespectful to their culture.  You can't have it both ways on this one.

And notice how the CBC slipped in that zinger about the biblical story of creation, implying that all those who believe the Bible reject evolution.  What a crock!

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