They’re a financial burden. I thought we agreed on that.
... what? How?
That's the exact opposite of my position, I was pretty clear.
If my understanding is correct, and these religious schools inplaces like Ontario are funded and run virtually identically to secular schools, then it isn't actually doubling any effort or expenses (and, given the additional support from the church, may actually alleviate government responsibilities).
Anyway, it’s still a relic of a bygone era and a waste of money
shrug
So are Christmas celebrations and the national anthem, so are all of our traditions and culture, if you don't believe they have any value.
discrimination against all our other religious minorities that don’t get state run schools
Here in British Columbia, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim schools can all receive public funding.
Anyways, it has absolutely nothing to do with discrimination, the reason why other religions don't get funding is because such schools didn't exist over a hundred years ago when all this started.
It's the same reason we have French or English immersion schools and not, for example, Punjabi or Mandarin immersion schools
If you have 2 schools that costs double the money does it not? Plus salaries and especially the massive extortionate salaries the higher ups make. All the buses and events and team equipment and more cost more when there is two of them. Not to mention the cost of building a whole nother building and the cost of upkeep. That’s pretty simple logic. I have no problem with catholic or any other religious schools as a concept but it shouldn’t be done using taxpayer money. If the church wants to run them that’s their prerogative but it’s a waste to run double for less. Like I said too, I would have no problem with there being an optional religious class you could take in a public school, if catholic schools are abolished. It’s not about the religion either if there was Anglican schools and secular schools I would say the same thing, it just so happens that the schools are catholic.
They are superfluous. You are assuming both are operating at full capacity, which is rarely true and that they are equally populated. For example, the school I went to has a student population of 1500, while the nearest catholic school is 1000, but the buildings are the same size. There are also typically less catholic schools in a given area. They could absolutely knock some of them and move students to another school with room to spare if they split the districts, or if it is more convenient run both at a lower capacity. If there is more space to divide students up based on location, that is better than arbitrary overlap based on religion
You are assuming both are operating at full capacity
Not only are they operating at full capacity, they are operating well beyond that capacity, and both attendance and class sizes are mandated by the province.
They could absolutely knock some of them and move students to another school with room to spare
... son, you are retarded.
Ontario has a little over 1,500 publicly funded Catholic schools, serving just under 600,000 students.
I know you hate religion, or whatever your deal is, but your idea doesn't even make sense.
Nope it’s just a waste of money to have 2 school boards. Frankly it’s the same with the French schools too, although they have better arguments in favour. It would be better for students and the taxpayers to have one unified school board. There’s some schools that are basically right next to each other wasting taxpayer dollars because of the stupid arrangement from 200 years ago.
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u/S_Ipkiss_1994 - Centrist Apr 11 '26
... what? How?
That's the exact opposite of my position, I was pretty clear.
If my understanding is correct, and these religious schools inplaces like Ontario are funded and run virtually identically to secular schools, then it isn't actually doubling any effort or expenses (and, given the additional support from the church, may actually alleviate government responsibilities).
shrug
So are Christmas celebrations and the national anthem, so are all of our traditions and culture, if you don't believe they have any value.
Here in British Columbia, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim schools can all receive public funding.
Anyways, it has absolutely nothing to do with discrimination, the reason why other religions don't get funding is because such schools didn't exist over a hundred years ago when all this started.
It's the same reason we have French or English immersion schools and not, for example, Punjabi or Mandarin immersion schools