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Ontario can’t be Canada’s ATM
Ontario can’t be Canada’s ATM TheStar.com – Opinion – Ontario can’t be Canada’s ATM
June 21, 2009. David MacKinnon
In recent years, evidence has grown that the federal government has been using Ontario the way American consumers used home equity loans – as an ATM. It has withdrawn large amounts from the province, put much less back in and done so in the false belief that it was ensuring equal access to government programs across Canada.
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Not yet a post-racial society
TheStar.com – Opinion – Not yet a post-racial society
June 17, 2009. Frances Henry, Carol Tator, Authors of Racial Profiling in Canada: Challenging The Myth of ‘A Few Bad Apples’
The recent ruling on the Parks question to challenge potential jurors on racial discrimination raises some important issues on the extent and pervasiveness of racism in Canadian society today.
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Get the fees out of high schools
TheStar.com – Opinion – Get the fees out of high schools
June 16, 2009. Jonathan Scott, Director of policy for the Ontario Student Trustees’ Association
It’s the hidden costs that kill. We work so hard to find the deal, finding the best and the cheapest cellphone, only to learn about the system-access fee. We invest in education, making it the best and the cheapest, only to learn about student-activity fees.
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The future of Canada depends on immigrants
NationalPost.com – Opinion – The future of Canada depends on immigrants
Published: June 16, 2009. John Stewart, National Post
My roots are in poor, white, Anglo-Protestant, rural Western Canada. I grew up in a different Canada than this one. I remember how as a child I gawked at the first dark-skinned person I ever saw. I attended one of Preston Manning’s early speeches in Ottawa as Reform party leader 20 years ago. Nearly all my friends are white Anglos. I tend to vote Conservative.
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Full-day learning deserves support
TheStar.com – Opinion/Editorial – Full-day learning deserves support
June 16, 2009
For Ontario to have the prosperous future we all want, we need all our children to have the best possible start in life. Yet, more than one quarter of our children arrive in Grade 1 significantly behind their peers, and evidence shows they never catch up.
No one’s life should be predetermined at such a young age.
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Opportunity to transform early learning in Ontario
TheStar.com – Opinion – Opportunity to transform early learning in Ontario: Evidence supports Pascal’s blueprint for an integrated approach for children under 6
June 16, 2009. Jim Grieve, Director of Education, Peel District School Board
Bill Hogarth, Director of Education, York Region District School Board
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All-day kindergarten is not the magic bullet
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions – All-day kindergarten is not the magic bullet: The benefits of early childhood education are less than advocates claim
Jun. 15, 2009. Margaret Wente
Who could possibly argue against more kindergarten for our kids? Not me. You might as well denounce apple sauce and motherhood. Kindergarten is a lot of fun, not to mention a safe, convenient place for mom and dad to stash the kids while they go to work.
But is all-day kindergarten the panacea for all our social ills?
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Full-day learning starts next year [blending kindergarten and daycare for children aged 4 and 5]
TheStar.com – news/parentcentral.ca – EARLY LEARNING: Full-day learning starts next year: McGuinty to back education blueprint blending kindergarten and daycare for children aged 4 and 5
June 15, 2009. Laurie Monsebraaten, Kristin Rushowy
Premier Dalton McGuinty today will announce full-day learning for 4- and 5-year-olds starting next year, based on a provincial adviser’s $1 billion plan that would see elementary schools become year-round hubs for children from birth to age 12.
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Problems with `neutral’ language on race
TheStar.com – Opinion/letter – Problems with `neutral’ language on race
June 15, 2009. Mohamad Haniff
Re:Race in the courts, Editorial June 13
Judge John Murray suggests a “more generic” question for jurors: “Will you judge the evidence and apply the law as you are directed by the judge without regard to the race of the accused as required by our law?” The judge’s intention seems wholesome, however, there are several problems with such apparently neutral non-discriminatory language.
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