Peter Tabuns MPP, Toronto-Danforth

Government of Ontario

Fund Public Schools: Stop the Takeover

TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO:

WHEREAS the Ministry of Education announced they are taking control of four more school boards, including Toronto District School Board and the Toronto Catholic District School Board, which takes away local control of the school boards' budgets and will end up cutting services in the schools and;

WHEREAS the Provincial government could have chosen at any time to provide more funding to support children and;

WHEREAS cuts to education funding harm our children and our communities and;

WHEREAS the Provincial government is in a position to adequately fund our schools.

THEREFORE we, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows:

  • ensure the province allocates funds to avoid any cuts to education funding in Ontario;
  • restore classroom funding lost since 2018;
  • stop the panic being created with families, with businesses and workers across our province, and;
  • ensure the continuance of locally elected trustees to govern school boards across our province.

 

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