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Quebec Superior Court ordered that a teacher who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend must be reinstated with back pay. What, if anything, is wrong with this picture?

Does this mean that Karla Teale (who has served her time) is entitled to apply for a teacher's job at the Montreal School Board as well? Do you want a convicted murderer of girls/women teaching your son or daughter? What is the point of schools doing a police reference check on their teaching staff?
 
I would have thought the serious nature of the crime combined with his misleading of the employer about his record would have been sufficient to exclude him from the job. Perhaps an appeal court will take a more reasonable approach. If he feels it is ok to lie about someting like that I don't think you can say he is rehabilitated. Maybe he should teach at the school the arbitrator or judges' kids go to. I guess that is one teacher I would not fuck around with if I were a student. We wouldn't want to induce any psychotic breaks or anything...
 
I wasn't able to find that decision in the court records. (http://www.jugements.qc.ca/) Can you provide the background as to where you learned of this decision?

In any case, if true the decision ought to be taken to the Quebec Court of Appeals and to the Supreme Court of Canada if necessary. Convicted killers IMHO don't the have the priviledge of teaching kids.
 
Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/News/article/247245


National Post opinion piece: http://communities.canada.com/nationalpost/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2007/08/16/john-turley-ewart-can-a-murderer-be-a-teacher.aspx
In 2004 the Commission learned of his criminal past following a workers compensation claim and dismissed him as a result. Miguel, with the help of his teachers' union, appealed and the arbitrator in the case has now deemed the Commission acted without cause.

It's true that Miguel did not reveal that he had a criminal record when he applied for the job, but based on the recent ruling that omission is irrelevant. Under Quebec's civil rights laws, his criminal conviction for murdering his wife has no relation to his job teaching electronics.

If he had robbed a bank and applied for a job as a bank teller, then the conviction would be relevant.


Quebec Superior Court decision (in French only): http://www.jugements.qc.ca/php/decision.php?liste=24174452&doc=440205505F061E00


Since he was teaching a trade so one could assume that he would have been teaching Grade 9 or 10 and up.
 
Do you know who is teaching your kids? Maybe, parents should get LE reference reports on their kids' teachers.
 
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