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Paolo De Buono is the Principal Consultant at PDB Education. Based on Paolo’s experience in education law, management, workplace investigations, & DEI, Paolo (office based in Ontario) provides special services in public & private education across Canada.

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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Happy Thanksgiving, Ontario! Discrimination is over (if you want it).
This is not an AI-generated image. Pictured are Catholic Cardinal Frank Leo and Paolo De Buono.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Public health experts recommend public education teaching students about the use of condoms in age-appropriate grades. A third of Ontario’s public schools (those run by public Catholic school boards) teach students that using condoms is a hell-bound mortal sin. How are we in Ontario OK with this?
Michelangelo’s famous painting in the Sistine Chapel depicting hell.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’m getting started in what is going to be a great day and great weekend at the Animal Rights & Advocacy Conference in Toronto where there will be so much learning and inspiration available. I am on a panel on Sunday morning discussing family law and companion animals in Canada.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Jesus: “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” Public Catholic Education Leaders in Ontario like Cardinal Leo & OECTA: “It’s our right as Catholics in Ontario to have public & fully publicly-funded separate school boards. Too bad for all other religions in Ontario.” Jesus: 😢
This is a real photo in September 2026 of Cardinal Frank Leo (Archbishop of Toronto), the most influential individual in public Catholic education in Ontario (and therefore a public figure in Ontario public education policy), and Paolo De Buono.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s #GenderEqualityWeek but public Catholic school boards across Ontario teach that women are inferior to men & that trans men are not men. These “genders are not equal” Catholic beliefs won’t change. I know. I’m Catholic. It’s time to end having separate public Catholic school boards in Ontario.
This image is based on an original photo with text added to it.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I interviewed Angela Saggese this morning at her campaign event. She is a York Catholic District School Board (who actively in 2023 argued & voted against that Catholic board flying the Pride flag) & is running now for Ward 1 Councillor for the City of Vaughan. Notice her non-committed 🏳️‍🌈-🏳️‍⚧️ response.
This image shows the text of the interview.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The “but it’s legal” argument was used by segregated white school districts in the Deep South into the 1950s to not allow Black students into white schools. In Ontario, in 2026, public Catholic school boards across Ontario are not allowing non-Catholic students into public Catholic schools. 😢
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This was my message today to a teacher-friend in an Ontario Catholic school board. It’s really sad that Catholic school boards do not promote as principal or superintendent gay persons who are openly gay in a gay marriage. Yes, it is legal in Ontario for Catholic boards to discriminate this way. 😢
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In 1952, in the Deep South, white Americans argued that it’s legal to have segregated schools based on skin colour. It was. In 2026, in Ontario, public Catholic ed leaders argue that it’s legal to have public Catholic schools teach anti-queer beliefs. It is. “It’s legal” is not a moral argument.
The image reads “But it’s legal!”
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This is view today from my office space looking south on downtown Toronto at the north end of the Eaton’s Centre. Through a small space between the tall buildings, I see beautiful #LakeOntario.
An image of downtown Toronto looking south from the office tower at the north end of the Eaton’s Centre.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I was at the 10th Anniversary Celebration of The Honest Whisper earlier today during my lunch hour. I purchased some really cool and environmentally- and vegan-friendly clothing myself through the @honestwhisper.bsky.social website. thehonestwhisper.ca
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Into the 1950s, public (white) segregated schools in Texas taught that it was morally wrong to be in an interracial marriage. They effectively taught anti-Black hate but it was legal to teach that. In 2026, public Catholic schools in Ontario teach that it’s morally wrong to be in a gay marriage.
The image reads, “What is the difference, ethically?”
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This public Catholic school teaches homophobia and transphobia. It teaches the official Catholic beliefs that it’s sin/evil to live authentically as a queer person. Public Catholic schools across ON teach homophobia and transphobia. It’s “constitutional/legal” in ON. How are you OK with this?
An image of a public Catholic elementary school in York Region.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Biking at the formerly accessible Ontario Place beach along Lake Ontario.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It is interesting to see how fast Staples in Ontario has rebranded itself, by this September, as not only a business centre/company but also as a “learning” centre/company. (The images are from the Staples near the Superior Court of Justice (for family court & criminal court) in downtown Toronto.)
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
If public secular school boards in Ontario taught that gay love is evil & unnatural (Catholic term: “intrinsically disordered”) or that gay attraction is unnatural (Catholic term: “objectively disordered”), we’d easily identify that as spreading hate. But that’s what public Catholic boards teach. 😢
This is an AI generated image depicting a teacher in a Catholic board teaching anti-queer Catholic teachings in a classroom in a public Catholic school.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Why would you enrol your children in a public Catholic school board in Ontario that teaches them the harmful sexist belief that women are not as good as men in key leadership roles?
The image includes an AI-generated image though Canva of a priest teaching students in a public Catholic school in Ontario.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I’m so proud of myself (for my improvement in speaking French). Today, I was able to heckle (politely, but on point) the two drivers of this horse trolley on the Plains of Abraham, in French, for the obvious cruelty to the horses.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
This (see image) was my message today to a queer friend. 😢 (How are we OK with the fact that Catholic school boards across Ontario have hiring policies that prevent qualified/talented teachers from being principals in Catholic schools because they are openly in a same-gender relationship?)
My message today to a Catholic teacher friend.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Bonne Fête nationale du Québec !
La célébration del Fête nationale du Québec à les Plaines d’Abraham.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Je travaille aujourd'hui dans mon bureau à Québec. C'est définitivement ma grande ville préférée au Canada. Québec est une société distincte et je comprends donc les raisons de protéger sa langue et sa culture françaises en Amérique du Nord.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Hier, j'ai participé à un panel discutant les défis liés aux droits humains des personnes queer dans l’Ontario. Mon intérêt portait sur le conflit entre les droits constitutionnels des catholiques en Ontario concernant les conseils scolaires « séparés » et les droits humains des personnes queer.
les panelistsune image sur la façon de fusionner les conseils scolaires en Ontario
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I was a part of an ON-wide panel yesterday on queer human rights challenges in ON. My focus was the conflict btw the constitutional rights of Catholics in ON for “separate” school boards & queer human rights. With this conflict unresolvable, I recommended the end of public Catholic boards in ON.
Me and 4 other persons on the panelA roadmap to merging Catholic with non-Catholic boards.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Yesterday at the #YorkPride Parade, I had the chance to see MPP @kristynwongtam.bsky.social again, and I reminded them that they’re the best MPP I’ve known in my lifetime, excelling in all the areas an MPP should excel in. Who in your opinion is the best MPP in your lifetime?
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I’m at Woodington Lake Golf Club volunteering with my church group to raise $ for to help my community. I’m Catholic, a teacher & a lawyer. I know for certain that Catholic school boards across ON teach an anti-queer curriculum using anti-queer resources based on anti-queer religious beliefs. 1/2
Paolo De Buono at Woodington Lake.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Opening arguments start at 10 am.
An image of Paolo De Buono.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Ontario Court of Justice (Retired) family court Justice Harvey Brownstone’s new book, Without Prejudice, is out. I got it at Indigo a few days ago. I’m loving it.
Me holding the new book, Without Prejudice
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I have launched #PrideMonthChallenge2026. It's an easy opportunity for you to have $250 donated to the charity of your choice (that is, easy if Catholic school boards in Ontario have hired school leaders who are openly trans and/or openly in a same-sex marriage). Good luck! 1/2
The image contains some rules and suggestions.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
A few Catholic school boards in Ontario will fly Pride flags in June, but they will still continue to teach their students that it’s sin/evil to identify as trans. 😢 Their equity departments tell their teachers that they’re being inclusive. This show that they don’t really know what inclusion is.
An AI generated image depicting the stark reality of a Pride flag in an Ontario public Catholic school while actually teaching anti-trans beliefs.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
A few public Catholic school boards in ON (like Niagara Catholic formerly led by new TDSB CEO Camille Cipriani) fly or flew the Pride flag, but they STILL teach that same-sex marriage & same-sex relationships are sin/evil. Don’t let their flying the Pride flag fool you that they’re queer-inclusive.
This is an AI generated image depicting a teacher in a Catholic board teaching anti-queer Catholic teachings in a classroom in a public Catholic school.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
We’re still having fun & learning so much at the Peacemakers Conference at Blue Mountain. The Peacemakers Conference is an annual conference in ON co-run by the OAFM & the OACP (2 groups focused on resolving family disputes outside of court). Pictured with me today are some of the key organizers.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Good morning from the #FamilyPeacemakers Conference at Blue Mountain! Bonjour de la Conférence #FamilyPeacemakers à Blue Mountain ! #OACP #OAFM
The Blue Mountain Village behind me.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I’m enjoying a good start to the #FamilyPeacemakers Conference in Collingwood (Blue Mountain) with other collaborate family lawyer/team members & family mediators across Ontario. I am an OACP board member. I can’t wait for the full day today of learning and networking. #OACP #OAFM
A balcony evening view of the Blue Mountain Village.A balcony morning view of the Blue Mountain Village.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Minister Paul Calandra, A mistake I made was sending my children to a public Catholic school in York Region. Their education experience was effectively segregated. With two neighbouring Catholic & non-Catholic elementary schools, the Catholic one had students who were predominantly white … 1/2
A street photo of two neighbouring elementary public schools in York Region. One is Catholic. The other is non-Catholic.A map showing generally how to merge Catholic with non-Catholic school boards.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I got a chance to see the blooming Japanese crabapple trees at the Toronto Music Garden on the Toronto Waterfront, before visiting my Queen’s Quay office site to attend court online for the morning. This my view from my 25th floor office, overlooking the Toronto Island Airport. 1/2
The Toronto Music Garden plaque.Crabapple trees in bloom in the Toronto Music Garden.A view of the Toronto Music Garden from the Menuett station.A view from my office today overlooking the waterfront and the Toronto Island Airport.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
This is the hypocrisy I raise public awareness to. Canada claims to be a model to other nations on queer rights, when its public Catholic school boards/districts in Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan & Northwest Territories officially teach that it’s sin/evil to live authentically as a queer person.
An image of a Facebook post by the Embassy of Canada to France.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
It’s Jim Crow 2.0 😢
A person at a march in Alabama hold a sign reading, “Protect the South: No Jim Crow Maps.”
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
You’d be in a better position going forward with bold policies (in the public interest) such as merging Catholic with non-Catholic school boards in Ontario. This is such an outdated idea and it is currently discriminatory (eg. you won’t find an openly trans principal in a ON Catholic school board).
This image shows a map on merging school board systems in Ontario.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
It’s time for the Ontario Liberals to take on bold policies such as merging Catholic with non-Catholic school boards (like Newfoundland & Labrador did), to move forward from the outdated & currently discriminatory idea of a public school board system that favours one religion. (Note: I’m Catholic.)
This image shows a map on merging Catholic with non-Catholic school boards in Ontario.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Ontario should merge Catholic with non-Catholic school boards like Newfoundland & Labrador did. (Note: I am Catholic.) L’Ontario devrait fusionner les commissions scolaires catholiques avec les commissions non catholiques comme l’a fait Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador. (Remarque : je suis catholique.) 1/2
This image shows a plan on merging Catholic with non-Catholic school boards in Ontario.Cette image montre un plan de fusion entre les conseils scolaires catholiques et non catholiques en Ontario.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Le meilleur choix pour l'Ontario est de fusionner les commissions scolaires catholiques avec celles non catholiques, comme l'a fait Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador. Avoir des commissions scolaires séparées pour une seule religion est une idée dépassée et ce n'est pas une bonne politique publique.
Cette image montre une carte concernant la fusion des conseils scolaires catholiques avec d'autres non catholiques.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Ontario Residents: “We can’t believe that Texas requires public schools to display the Ten Commandments. We’re so advanced in Ontario on the separation of church & state.” FACT: About 1/2 of Ontario’s public school boards are Catholic boards & about 1/8 of that education is Catholic indoctrination.
This image shows a map of how to merge Catholic with non-Catholic school boards in Ontario.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
In Ontario, we criticize that Québec bans hiring Sikh & Muslim teachers who visibly wear signs of their faith in its public ed system. But about half of Ontario’s public school boards (the Catholic boards) ban the hiring of Sikh & Muslim teachers. Let’s merge Catholic with non-Catholic boards.
This map shows a process for merging Catholic with non-Catholic school boards in Ontario.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I’m a Catholic teacher. It’s not anti-Catholic to support ending separate Catholic school boards in Ontario. It is anti-children & anti-queer to continue public Catholic schools as places where children learn that it’s sin/evil to live authentically as queer persons. It’s time to merge systems.
This image shows a map for merging public school boards in Ontario, from the current 4 systems to 2 systems.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Voici l’avenir de l'Ontario : nous devrions fusionner les conseils scolaires catholiques et non catholiques.
Ceci est une image montrant comment fusionner les systèmes des conseils scolaires en Ontario, passant de 4 systèmes actuels à 2 systèmes.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
L'avenir de l'Ontario consiste à fusionner les commissions scolaires catholiques avec celles non catholiques, comme cela a été fait à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador. Il y aura un système anglophone et un système francophone, comme c'est le cas au Québec.
Cette image montre un processus de fusion des systèmes des conseils scolaires en Ontario.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Pope Leo XIV met with Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally today. What impact will it have on 1/3 of Ontario’s students (ie. those attending public Catholic schools) that they’ll never see a non-male priest in their schools? What will they learn about gender equality from their public education?
This is a photo of Pope Leo XIV and Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
We choose to take moral positions against companies, countries, etc., for human rights reasons. I choose (as a Catholic teacher, lawyer & ed consultant in ON) that I won’t work for public Catholic school boards in ON because they choose not to hire non-Catholic educators. Will you do the same?
This graphic illustrates the comparable human rights issue in Ontario and Quebec.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Is this image difficult to understand? Ontario can eliminate public Catholic school boards (just like Newfoundland and Labrador did).
This graphic illustrates merging the 4 types of school boards in Ontario today to 2 types.
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PDB Education 🇨🇦 @pdbeducation.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Dear Ontario (ON) NDP Leader Stiles: Why do you support ON banning Muslim, Sikh, Jewish, Hindu & Buddhist teachers from teaching in 1/2 of ON’s public school boards? @maritstilesndp.bsky.social (Note: Approx. 1/2 of ON’s public school boards are Catholic boards hiring only Catholic teachers.)
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