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(Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra) has been hinting at changes to the system for quite some time, with the province putting multiple boards under supervision in recent months.
Last fall, a new Ontario law gave the education minister more latitude to take over school boards. It arrived after high-profile cases of misspending, including one board’s approval of a $40,000 administrator retreat to Toronto and another’s $100,000-plus art-buying trip to Italy.
Other boards have come under his fire for their financial decision-making.
Critics have decried the minister’s actions as politically driven, saying most boards are struggling financially due to chronic provincial underfunding.
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One wonders how those misspending cases compare to Drug Fraud’s. Let’s take a look …
(2025) Ontario spent record $112M on taxpayer-funded advertising, auditor finds
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-school-board-legislation-9.7161639
(2024) Ontario spent record high on advertising, majority on partisan ads: auditor
The Greenbelt scandal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenbelt_scandal
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and ensuing work to change FOI rules so he can hide future illegal endeavors
(2024) Ontario receives $3.1-billion from federal government in health accord deal (over and above the $8.4B they will receive over the next 10 yrs – then he limits funding increases to 2%, far less than the 6% they have been receiving)
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require “attendance and participation” to be part of the final mark for students in Grades 9 through Grade 12
Compliance is the point, not learning.
government is planning to mandate teachers use approved learning resources, such as lesson plans, teacher guides and digital interactive tools
Groupthink will now be mandatory.
