(Toronto & York Region Labour Council) Doug Ford needs to step up and fund our schools

TORONTO, June 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ahead of the Toronto District School Board’s final budget meeting on Wednesday afternoon, concerned Ontarians issued a rallying cry to Premier Ford: Stop the Cuts and Fund Our Schools.  Since Premier Ford took office in 2018 he and former Minister for Education Stephen Lecce have cut school budgets by $1,500 per student per year. For the last six years this has forced school boards across the province to exhaust their reserve funds especially during the pandemic. F ...