Articles

Faith-based Schools Must Get Public Funding
Kanayalal Raina, The Weekly Voice, August 27, 2007

Now that Premier Dalton McGuinty and the Education Minister have come out strongly against Progressive Conservative opponent John Tory's proposal to extend public funding to private religious schools, because according to them this will segregate children in classes according to their faith at home. read full article...


Why McGuinty doesn't think father always knows best
Lee Greenberg, The Ottawa Citizen, August 25, 2007

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty will spend the next 61/2 weeks defending his position on religious school funding, but yesterday he indicated he won't be saddled with his late father's opinions, which diverge strikingly from his own. read full article...


Tories reignite school funding debate
Karen Kawawada, The Record.com, July 25, 2007

For six years, Cathy Stemeroff got up early to get one or both of her children into a shared taxi to the Hamilton Hebrew Academy. In the afternoon, she and a few other families carpooled to get them home to Waterloo Region. It was a huge commitment of time and money - $7,000 a year per child for tuition alone. But it was worth it to give her kids a grounding in their faith and culture, the Kitchener woman said. read full article...