Canadian freelance journalist Nora Loreto said former Toronto District School Board (TDSB) principal Richard Bilkszto’s suicide “makes me think of someone I knew whose ex-boyfriend blamed her for his suicide in his suicide note.”.“Blaming Kike Ojo-Thompson for Richard Bilkszto's suicide for a single interaction in an anti-racism training is completely f*cked,” said Loreto in a Tuesday tweet. .“Completely f*cked.”.Bilkszto killed himself on July 13 because of the mental anguish he was suffering from the harassment he endured at a diversity, inclusion, and equity training. .READ MORE: Former Toronto principal commits suicide because of stress from being cancelled.“He was 60 years old,” said Libertas Law lawyer Lisa Bildy. .“He leaves his distraught mother, brother, nephews, niece, and many dear family and friends whose lives he touched over the years.” .Loreto went on to say Bilkszto was dealing with a number of issues. She questioned why people would blame his suicide on an incident from two years ago. .She said people were engaging in covert racism by blaming a black woman who called Canada as racist as the United States. .Loreto concluded by saying the worst bullies in Ontario schools are principals. While Bilkszto might have been a saint, she said most are not. .“I was called out worse, more consistently and in ways intended to cause me harm and force me to change how I was by VPs from Grade 9 to OAC (Ontario Academic Credit),” she said. .Woke Watch Canada said attributing Bilkszto’s suicide to the DIE training was accurate. .“DIE sessions are very much like Maoist struggle sessions without the violence,” said Woke Watch Canada..“It shattered and humiliated him.” .Canadian lawyer James Manson said he was surfacing “to express my disgust at how absolutely deplorable this tweet is.”.“A man is dead due to his mental suffering inflicted by another, and she has the audacity — even now — to attempt to delete his memory and his name,” said Manson..“It’s a new low as far as I am concerned.” .Loreto was among a group of people who stood up for the Oakville, ON, teacher wearing large fake boobs to work and criticized people protesting her in September. .READ MORE: 'Woke' Twitter defends Oakville prosthetic breasts teacher, condemn protestors.“Oakville is one of those places that really could be replaced by a lake or a forest or a beehive,” she said. .She apologized "to the five good Oakvillians."
