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Premier Doug Ford’s new budget will hurt students.
No matter how you look at the numbers, the Ford government is letting schools fall further behind.
School boards across Ontario have been clear: Cutting pandemic education funding will mean less support for kids that need it. Ford’s budget cuts that funding by nearly $1 billion, even though the pandemic’s impacts are still being felt in our schools.
Now more than ever, we all know keeping up with inflation should be the bare minimum. But next school year, the Ford government’s public education spending won’t even come close. In fact, they’re over $1.5 billion short.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
This year, the Ford government has $20.6 billion in extra revenue. They’re spending $8 billion on corporate tax cuts and subsidies. If Ford valued public education, he would have made the investments our kids and their schools need.
At the end of the day, Ford’s budget will hurt kids.
Stephanie Hitchman
Orillia
