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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Ontario government funding for Catholic schools
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Date: Tue, 12-Jun-84 15:19:45 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 12 15:19:45 1984
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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
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