Please contact news@campaignforpubliceducation.ca by July 25th. Interviews are now being scheduled. We are very much looking forward to hearing from you.

 Make education funding an election issue.

On Oct 22nd (and in advance polls) vote for these trustee candidates.

Note also:  Scarborough Rouge Park (Ward 22) Anu Sriskandarajah

TDSB Ward #/Riding

# 1 Etobicoke North  Ali Mohammed-Ali   

#2 Etobicoke Centre   Shawn Rizvi  

#4 Humber River Black Creek  Matias De Dovitiis  

#7 Parkdale High Park  Robin Pilkey

#9 Davenport Spadina Fort York  Stephanie Donaldson

#10 Toronto Centre University Rosedale  Chris Moise

#11 Don Valley West  Amara Possian

#13 Don Valley North  Siham Rayale

#15 Danforth  Jennifer Story

#16 Beaches East York  Phil Pothen

#17 Scarborough Centre David Smith

#18 Scarborough Southwest  Parthi Kandavel 

#19 Scarborough Guildwood  Samiya Abdi

#20 Scarborough Agincourt  Manna Wong

#21 Scarborough North  Yalini Rarjakulasingam

#22 Scarborough Rouge Park  Anu Sriskandarajah

No mention was made in the PC education platform about the state of Ontario’s schools and the $15.9-billion of disrepair in these buildings. And yet, 58 of the newly elected MPPs did sign a commitment to ensure that a Standard of Good Repair is developed for Ontario’s schools, that funding will be provided to ensure that these new standards can be met and that the $15.9-billion of disrepair that currently plagues Ontario’s schools will be eliminated by 2022.

A full listing of elected MPPs who signed the Fix Our Schools Pledge can be found at: fixourschools.ca

Overall, 47% of the MPPs who will be working for Ontarians at Queen’s Park in the coming four years committed to ensuring Ontario’s schools are safe, healthy, well-maintained buildings that provide environments conducive to learning and working. (30% of elected PC MPPs, 80% of elected NDP MPPs and 43% of elected Liberal MPPs signed the Fix Our Schools Pledge.)

We’re hoping that when the real work begins the new PC government will also respect Ontario’s children and fix Ontario’s schools.

Press contacts: Stephen Seaborn, Campaign for Public Education – (416) 737-2980

“We need a province-wide Standard of Good Repair for schools and adequate, stable provincial funding for school boards to meet those standards within a set timeline of four years.  – Stephen Seaborn, Campaign for Public Education

 “The fact that 58 of the newly elected MPPs signed the Fix Our Schools Pledge clearly shows that that school conditions are an important issue. We certainly expect this next provincial government to step-up to address the $15.9 billion in school disrepair and to institute a measurable standard of good repair for the buildings in which 2-million Ontario children spend their days. We cannot allow children in Ontario to attend school in buildings that have crumbling walls, leaking roofs and generally unsafe conditions anymore.”  – Krista Wylie, Co-Founder, Fix Our Schools

 Ottawa Centre candidate, Stuart Ryan commits, if elected, to set a “Standard of Good Repair” AND by 2022, deploy $15.9 billion to fixOntarioschools.  Will you press your local candidates to sign this Pledge* to do the same?