Juno News - Barry Neufeld says he rejected a settlement for speaking out against gender ideology

00:00:00.000 Well, the teachers made a later complaint against me eight years ago.

00:00:05.240 And after six years of floundering around, they weren't getting anywhere.

00:00:10.980 And I had insurance lawyers that were defending me.

00:00:16.000 And my lawyers came to me and they said, the teachers want to settle.

00:00:19.920 They're getting tired of this process.

00:00:22.800 And they would settle out of court if you would promise to publicly apologize, 0.72

00:00:27.520 promise to never run for public office in Canada take a course so you understand what transgender 0.51

00:00:33.820 is and donate $50,000 to an alphabet charity but they said don't worry about the $50,000 your

00:00:41.200 insurance will cover it said well I'll think about it so I thought about it I talked to a couple

00:00:46.700 other people talked to my priest and he said well who are you apologizing to I said I have no idea

00:00:53.900 they won't give me anybody's names. And I said, I've studied this for the last six years and

00:00:59.080 there's no course that's going to convince me that this is good for children who are unhappy

00:01:03.520 in their bodies. The school teachers, they don't have a right to tell me I can't run for public

00:01:08.120 office. And even if the $50,000 isn't my own money, I don't want it going to any organization

00:01:15.360 that would persuade kids to ruin their bodies.

Juno News - May 06, 2026