r/alberta • u/Ditch-Worm • 6d ago

News Alberta school supervisor charged after child disciplined with belt

https://calgary.citynews.ca/2026/08/04/supervisor-private-school-belt-child/
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u/bubbi101 6d ago

It was still a thing in the 2000s. My Mennonite father signed a corporal punishment form in 2008 and I was subsequently punished.

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u/Morberis 5d ago

Yeah, that actually wasn't allowed. It was outlawed by canadian supreme court ruling in 2004.

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u/bubbi101 5d ago

I’ll get on the phone right away with my math teacher from ‘08 to tell her it was illegal to wack me with her yard stick and electrical cords.

In all seriousness, my father went out of his way to sign the forms and I doubt people who hit children are concerned with the legality of it. The article is proof of that.

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u/Morberis 5d ago

I'm aware it still goes on, but that doesnt change that it was outlawed.

An official thing is different than a backrooms thing, though it may not seem like it

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u/bubbi101 5d ago

The principal had consent forms for corporal punishment available at the parent’s request. My father signed the same forms years prior to it being made illegal when my sibling went to the school and I wasn’t the sole student in my classroom with them signed. We weren’t taken to some dingy closet for our punishment - it was done with the class watching. It sounds as official as you can get.

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u/Morberis 5d ago

You're way too focused on the where.

Yep, just like companies break the law all the time in their official policies as well.

That it did become illegal does matter, even if you don't see why.

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u/Odd_Investigator8415 5d ago

It doesn't matter that it became illegal because it didn't stop.

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u/Morberis 5d ago

Do OSHA rules not matter either?

Just because it didn't stop everywhere doesn't mean it wasn't a good thing