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as posted by the channelLibrarians are relieved the province of Alberta has paused its order to remove sexually explicit titles, which swept up Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, from school libraries. But some parents say some books need to be banned and the government should act. John Hilton-O'Brien, executive director of Parents for Choice in Education, and Laura Winton, a board member of the Library Association of Alberta, joined host Matt Galloway.
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