Hardcore Newbie
09-28-2007, 02:08 PM
From CBC.ca | Ontario Votes 2007 | Features | Faith-based schools (http://www.cbc.ca/ontariovotes2007/features/features-faith.html)
"The issue of funding for faith-based schools dominated the first week of the election campaign. The Conservative are promising to extend funding to the other faith-based schools would cost roughly $400 million annually. The only requirement for the funding would be that the schools comply with provincial educational regulations, for example by hiring accredited teachers and following provincial curriculum.
"This is a plan that will bring faith-based schools, which currently exist outside of the public system, inside that system instead, subject to clear, reasonable conditions," Tory said.
Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty slammed the Tory plan, saying that extending the funding would be divisive.
"If we're going to bring about more improvement in publicly funded schools, it is regressive to contemplate segregating our children according to their faith," McGuinty said. "I want our kids to continue coming together."
The Liberal party also estimated that fully funding the existing religious schools would cost upwards of $500 million. The party says that at $9,526 per student in public education multiplied by the 53,000 existing private religious school students, the cost will be $504 million without consideration for increased enrolment, repairs, transition costs and inflation.
The Green Party claims on its website that the "only fair solution" to the debate would be to amalgamate the Catholic and public school boards into a single system.
The New Democrats (NDP) have said only that their education plan focuses on improving the existing school system."
The only party I support in this issue is the green party, which sucks because the green party generally blows. I'm sure the liberals and the NDP want to get rid of funding religious schools altogether but they just don't want to lose any catholic votes.
it's also a very weird stance for the conservatives to be taking.
"The issue of funding for faith-based schools dominated the first week of the election campaign. The Conservative are promising to extend funding to the other faith-based schools would cost roughly $400 million annually. The only requirement for the funding would be that the schools comply with provincial educational regulations, for example by hiring accredited teachers and following provincial curriculum.
"This is a plan that will bring faith-based schools, which currently exist outside of the public system, inside that system instead, subject to clear, reasonable conditions," Tory said.
Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty slammed the Tory plan, saying that extending the funding would be divisive.
"If we're going to bring about more improvement in publicly funded schools, it is regressive to contemplate segregating our children according to their faith," McGuinty said. "I want our kids to continue coming together."
The Liberal party also estimated that fully funding the existing religious schools would cost upwards of $500 million. The party says that at $9,526 per student in public education multiplied by the 53,000 existing private religious school students, the cost will be $504 million without consideration for increased enrolment, repairs, transition costs and inflation.
The Green Party claims on its website that the "only fair solution" to the debate would be to amalgamate the Catholic and public school boards into a single system.
The New Democrats (NDP) have said only that their education plan focuses on improving the existing school system."
The only party I support in this issue is the green party, which sucks because the green party generally blows. I'm sure the liberals and the NDP want to get rid of funding religious schools altogether but they just don't want to lose any catholic votes.
it's also a very weird stance for the conservatives to be taking.