It’s time to restore and support school resource officer programs
While Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra decides what to do with school boards, another controversy is dividing parents, teachers and school board officials –…
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Look in the mirror
This week saw an odd publicity stunt in Ontario, with Premier Doug Ford melodramatically pouring out a bottle of Crown Royal whiskey at a…
Calandra considering big changes to Ontario’s education governance model
Given all the school board problems, Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra has had to deal with in his short time in the post –…
Ford’s budgeting record falls short of promises
Overpromise and underdeliver. That’s been the reality of budgeting in Ontario during the Ford years. As a new Fraser Institute study points out, the…
Who’s in charge in Ontario – judges or elected officials?
It is not only Americans who are arguing these days over who is in charge – duly elected politicians or unelected, appointed judges? Ontario…
The saga of who runs Ontario’s school boards continues
Just last month, Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra passed new legislation, the “Supporting Children and Students Act” which increased provincial oversight of school boards…
CTF gives Ontario’s Bethlenfalvy a poor grade on budgeting
Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy needs to take some remedial classes, according to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF). The CTF recently released its report…
Alberta by-election conundrum
Both sides of the Alberta separation debate are claiming victory from the results of the three by-elections held earlier this week in Alberta. All…
Ford government bill to rein in school boards the right move
School boards or no school boards? That is indeed the question, yet again, as the Ontario Legislature considers Bill 33, the Supporting Children and…
Ford government tables budget focused on Trump
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s recently elected government has brought in an actual budget, which is more than could be said for the confusion of…