An Ontario Catholic school board that made headlines for banning alternative flags, including those marking Pride, has been ordered by the province's education minister to change that policy to fly orange flags on National Day of Truth And Reconciliation.
Paul Calandra's press secretary Emma Testani said the minister has directed the provincially appointed supervisor of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board to allow the display of the Survivors' Flag on Sept. 30, honouring those who were forced to attend residential schools.
But Testani said Wednesday the ministry's directive to amend the school board's flag policy only applies to the Survivors' Flag, given the "urgency" of the matter.