Ontario NDP Accuses Liberals of Putting ‘Schools in Jeopardy’

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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The Ontario opposition NDP have accused the Liberal’s government to be “forcing mass school closures” and misusing the recent Toronto District School Board report to close one in every five schools in block. NDP education critic, Peter Tabuns, mentioned in a statement issued on Thursday that “parents are right to be deeply concerned about this Liberal government’s heavy-handed plan to force an unprecedented wave of school closures.”

According to Tabuns, “in Toronto alone, the number of public schools that could be targeted for closure and sell-off is truly staggering – and thousands of families are worried about what it means for their kids.” The TDSB issued a report presented on Wednesday night’s board meeting, which revealed that almost 84 elementary of schools and 46 secondary schools are using less than 65 per cent of their capacity. Consequently, the Liberals are pressurizing the TDSB to sell off extra properties in order to pay for repairs and capital investments in other schools.

However, Mr. Tabuns has accused the Liberals of taking the easy way out and stressed that the real problem is that they are unwilling to properly fund the school system. He stated that “it’s wrong of the Liberals to be forcing mass school closures by cutting the education budget by half-a-billion dollars and making up new rules that curtail community consultation, especially at a time when elementary enrolment is increasing.”

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