Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has admitted the Edmonton school division was too heavy handed in crafting its list of banned books.

Alberta’s education minister is directing school boards to pause a government order to remove books with explicit sexual content from libraries.

Demetrios Nicolaides, in an e-mail to school divisions and officials Tuesday, said they should pause any development or distribution of lists of books that are to be removed, “including removing materials containing depictions of explicit sexual content.”

He said the pause is in effect until further notice and that more information would be provided to school officials “as soon as possible.”

Nicolaides’ office didn’t immediately respond to questions about the pause.

The government’s move came after a draft list f

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