analysis of election platforms flood online media
Interesting to read the decidedly diverse commentary out there on each party’s election platform as they are unveiled this month. There are already a wide range of analyses of the ONDP’s election platform Hill Knowlton summarizes each component of the platform. Under Education it notes that the ONDP intends to: Re-write the education funding formula Base […]
Candidate Pledges rolling in
From top left (alphabetically sorted by first name/with riding) are Faisal Hassan/York South Weston, Michael Coteau/Don Valley East, Dave McKee/Davenport, Jay Watts/Parkdale High Park, Nadia Guerrera/Park, Todd Ross/nominee, Toronto Centre, Tom Racocevik/Humber River Black Creek Our complete list of Pledge signers is updated Fridays.
Roof leak sends student to Hospital
Boy recovering after hot asphalt leaks through Toronto school’s roof, burns arms and neck
fixourschools campaign impact
The first party platform to be made public says this: After years of neglecting schools, the backlog of needed repairs has reached $15 billion. Our 10-year capital plan will invest $16 billion and will specifically address* the repair backlog in Ontario’s schools. And we’ll fix the rules around Education Development Charges— payments developers make when they build new homes […]
Barrie Innisfil candidate signs
MPP candidate Bonnie North for BARRIE-INNISFIL pledges to: -Support State of Good Repair Standard for #Ontario’s Schools. -Support funding to ensure Standard is met. URGE ALL #Barrie #Innisfil CANDIDATES TO DO SAME!
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Danforth candidates debate repairs
Two fixOntarioschools Pledge signers [Li Koo & Peter Tabuns) now in Toronto Danforth. An all-candidates meeting [the PC demurred] being interviewed by the Globe&Mail’s Alex Bozikovic (see his Friday article on conservation and the $15.9 billion school repairs backlog across Ontario). This morning at the Architectural Conservancy Ontario symposium.
Globe & Mail questions 2 Danforth candidates
Must be saved from ruinous underfunding of ON’s school system
Our heritage of schools built with our grandparents’ hard earned cash, along with caring community businesses (via a 50% tax contribution) must be saved from ruinous underfunding of Ontario’s public education system. —– City Adult Learning Centre.
national papers get onside to fix Ontario schools
Repair backlog puts not just Ontario’s aging schools at risk, but also our unique heritage, experts warn “Perfect storm” of inadequate provincial funding, politics and old buildings is behind a repair backlog that has tripled in the past 15 years to a whopping $16 billion for Ontario schools, symposium hears. The average age of the […]