Former Ontario premier lobbies for Pride flags at Catholic schools in Mississauga, Brampton [Video]

The former premier of Ontario, who has been an advocate of gay rights, will be among several speakers appearing before local Catholic school board trustees this week to convince them to change course and allow Pride flags to be flown at schools in Mississauga, Brampton, Caledon and Orangeville.

Kathleen Wynne, who served as premier of Ontario from 2013 to 2018 as leader of the Liberal Party, is one of the speakers scheduled to appear before the Bylaw/Polices Review Committee of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board on Tuesday night.

Wynne, the first openly gay premier in Canada, is among 20 people registered to give a presentation to the board as it reconsiders a policy on what kind of flags can be flown at the 151 schools in the system. Mississauga city councillor Alvin Tedjo is also among the scheduled speakers who’ll ask the board to allow the rainbow flag at …