Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utcsrgv.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!dave From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) Newsgroups: can.politics Subject: Ontario government funding for Catholic schools Message-ID: <4538@utcsrgv.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Jun-84 15:19:45 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.4538 Posted: Tue Jun 12 15:19:45 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Jun-84 15:30:11 EDT Distribution: ont Organization: The Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto Lines: 24 I am annoyed. For years the Catholic "separate" school system has been funded by Catholic taxpayers' property taxes, while Jewish and other religious schools have had to be financed out of student tuition fees and religious community donations. The Jewish community has sought in the past to have this inequity changed so that, at the least, we could direct our property taxes to our own children's schools. The justification for allowing Catholic parents to have this privilege was "it's always been this way" ... "historical reasons", etc. etc. This afternoon Premier Davis announced in the legislature that Catholic schools will now receive funds from the general public purse. Well, what about Jewish schools? Or those of other religions? Those of us who send our children to certain schools for religious reasons should have the same right to public funds as the Catholics who send their children to certain schools for religious reasons. It presently costs several thousand dollars a year for the education of each child in an observant Jewish family. I have already called Mr. Davis' office to register a protest. Dave Sherman -- {allegra,cornell,decvax,ihnp4,linus,utzoo}!utcsrgv!dave