Intrepidtron@lemm.ee to Ontario@lemmy.ca · 13 hours agoDoug Ford doesn’t care about studentslemm.eeimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down10
arrow-up174arrow-down1imageDoug Ford doesn’t care about studentslemm.eeIntrepidtron@lemm.ee to Ontario@lemmy.ca · 13 hours agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 hours agoCanadian here. Our taxes pay for Catholic schools, so the comparison (even from them), is pretty valid.
minus-squareEvkob (they/them)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·11 hours ago Our taxes pay for Catholic schools AFAIK, this is only a thing in Ontario.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoProbably why it’s about Doug Ford and coming from the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association.
minus-squarefahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-28 hours agoYour taxes don’t pay for the catholic board unless you designate them as such Edit: I was slightly misinformed about this https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/property-taxes-fund-less-than-half-of-ontarios-education-budget-248865
minus-squareShowroom7561@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoReally? Thank the gods if that’s true. 😂👍
minus-squarefahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-28 hours agoThe downvotes on my comment made me double check and I’m slightly misinformed. You can direct where your property taxes go, but property taxes only make up a third of our education budget. Time to get those pitchforks back out. https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/property-taxes-fund-less-than-half-of-ontarios-education-budget-248865
Canadian here. Our taxes pay for Catholic schools, so the comparison (even from them), is pretty valid.
AFAIK, this is only a thing in Ontario.
Probably why it’s about Doug Ford and coming from the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association.
Your taxes don’t pay for the catholic board unless you designate them as such
Edit: I was slightly misinformed about this
https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/property-taxes-fund-less-than-half-of-ontarios-education-budget-248865
Really? Thank the gods if that’s true. 😂👍
The downvotes on my comment made me double check and I’m slightly misinformed. You can direct where your property taxes go, but property taxes only make up a third of our education budget. Time to get those pitchforks back out.
https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/property-taxes-fund-less-than-half-of-ontarios-education-budget-248865