It’s a thing in many provinces. It requires a constitutional amendment to remove. Some provinces have done so already. Currently Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Northwest Territories have publicly funded Catholic schools. Previously, this list also included Newfoundland, Quebec, and Yukon. Manitoba appears to fund Catholic schools at 50% of the public school rate.
@prodigalsorcerer@ontario@Evkob I believe that, in Quebec, it was the case that private schools (including religious schools) received a % of school tax dollars, depending whether they taught 80% or 50% of the public school curriculum.
Has this changed?
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.
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.
It’s a thing in many provinces. It requires a constitutional amendment to remove. Some provinces have done so already. Currently Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Northwest Territories have publicly funded Catholic schools. Previously, this list also included Newfoundland, Quebec, and Yukon. Manitoba appears to fund Catholic schools at 50% of the public school rate.
@prodigalsorcerer @ontario @Evkob I believe that, in Quebec, it was the case that private schools (including religious schools) received a % of school tax dollars, depending whether they taught 80% or 50% of the public school curriculum.
Has this changed?
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