The Election Train Is Leaving The Station

While I applaud John Tory for expanding the education system I have to wonder how much opposition he will get from the public teachers unions who seem to be running the education system in Ontario.

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53,000 pupils would be affected by proposal

June 08, 2007

Canadian Press
Opposition Leader John Tory wants to give faith-based schools in Ontario the option of joining the public education system if the Conservatives win the Oct. 10 provincial election.

There are 53,000 students in Ontario attending religious schools that Tory believes should be eligible for the same funding as Roman Catholic schools in the province.

“I think there are some things on which you have to stand on principle, and in this case the principle is fairness to people of other faiths,” he said today in advance of the Conservatives’ last convention before the election.

“I think what we want to do is try and replicate the successful experience of the Catholic schools, which are funded today, and do it in a way that expands the sphere of public education to accommodate the diversity that is Ontario today.”

Conservative party sources said Tory will make a commitment at the party’s convention Saturday to add $800 million to public education spending if he becomes premier.