Danielle Smith and her provincial government have narrowed the scope of their controversial school library book bans following the Edmonton Public School board’s list was leaked, including many classic literature books.

The new wording says that the new restrictions include solely visual depictions, meaning that sexual actions described in text form are no longer under the scrutiny of the government.

This new restriction allows books like Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale , while still disallowing books like Maia Kobabe’s Genderqueer .

The new wording comes after Premier Danielle Smith put the Edmonton Public School Board under fire in a press conference, saying that they weren’t following the intention set forth by the ban. Smith mentioned that she thought the board should’ve u

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