Direct the Minister of Education to immediately reverse the decision to cut $100 million in school repair funding, and invest the $16 billion needed to tackle the repair backlog in Ontario’s schools.
Whereas too many children are going to school in buildings without
proper heating or cooling, with leaky roofs or stairways overdue for repair.
Whereas after years of Conservative and Liberal governments neglecting
schools, the backlog of needed repairs has reached $16 billion.
Whereas during the 2018 Election, numerous members of the
Conservative Party, including the current Minister of Education, pledged
to provide adequate, stable funding for Ontario’s schools.
Whereas less than three weeks into the legislative session, Doug
Ford and the Conservative Government have already cut $100 million in
much-needed school repairs, leaving our children and educators to suffer
in classrooms that are unsafe and unhealthy.
We the undersigned petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to
direct the Minister of Education to immediately reverse the decision
to cut $100 million in school repair funding, and invest the $16 billion
needed to tackle the repair backlog in Ontario’s schools.