Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Marcus Gee
Publication Date: January 24, 2025 - 18:56
It’s time to end public funding for Catholic schools in Ontario
January 24, 2025
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Comments
Doug Ford could end this now before he calls an election.
Couldn't agree more. Four school boards is an incredible waste of money, especially to fund something that can be taught in an afterschool program. Teachers are forced to buy supplies for their classrooms because school boards can't afford it. Schools are for kids, not adults. Let's end the stupidity.
Agreed, the redundancy cost of having the catholic school system is $1.6 billion per year. Non catholic teachers are prevented from working in the catholic system. This religious discrimination is illegal in Canada
Having been educated in a province where no religious indoctrination occurred in th public schools, spared us the extra costs and where religious dogma was not propagated. Most importantly this meant males and females were treated equally and teachers were hired on merit and not discriminated against because of religion. It is long overdue that ontarians left the dark ages and ended religious privilege.