Dear Members,
I am sharing the information below from OSSTF D6a President John Delorey. Please attend the event if you have concerns with our underfunded education system here in Ontario. I will be attending this event along with some executive members on Wednesday March 4th @ 6pm at Waverley Library.
Hope to see you there.
Leah
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OSSTF has significant concerns with the current underfunded state of education and the slow and deliberate removal of locally elected representatives across the province. The same representatives who advocate daily for local education issues. Such an overreach by the Provincial Government should be alarming to anyone who is supportive of democratic process.
This should especially resonate for those of us in the North where we have unique issues that simply don’t align with the Southern Ontario corridor. The largest boards in Ontario have had their trustees effectively removed in favour of a Provincially appointed representative ($350 000 salary) to oversee operations – This effectively removes the voice of democratically elected officials and is a slippery slope.We have seen the ongoing effects of cuts to education clearly happening before our eyes.
Elimination of Local trustees and the erosion of Local Democracy (Bill 33)
School Board Takeovers
Large class sizes
Chronic underfunding
Post Secondary funding and OSAP cuts
Untenable Classroom Composition
School Violence & safety
We are hopeful that you would be able to attend and be a voice standing up for local democracy. This is a Progressive Conservative Government pattern, deliberate and maliciously undermining Public Education. No one should forget about Doug Ford and Progressive Conservative Party actioning The Notwithstanding Clause in November 2022 to take away CUPE’s right to negotiate a fair deal.
Join local union leaders & democratically elected public school trustees on Wednesday March 4th at 6pm at Waverley Library for an informative session on:
⚠️What the loss of trustees would mean to you and local decision making
⚠️How this will have long term negative effects on Ontario’s public school system
⚠️The other changes the Ford government has made to education in our province
🛑 What you can do to stop this!
I look forward to speaking with you all !
In solidarity,
Leah
OTIP