Casually following the provincial politics lately, I must say I'm quite disappointed with the Conservative campaign. Instead of telling us "what's wrong with the Liberal government" and "what the Liberal government didn't do," why don't you tell us what you plan to do!
I did hear one plan on the radio--to legalize the sale of wine-making and beer-making kits at the grocery store. Yay! Bright change for the future! That the best you can do?
There's also the issue about providing funding for private schools. Frankly, I'm a little ambivalent about that. There are pluses and minuses. Parents with children in private schools are still paying taxes that go towards public schools. It also seems unfair that Catholic schools get government funding but other private schools do not. Then again, I heard second-hand that Tory wants public funding going to private schools so that the government can have a finger in that pie in terms of education. It seems to me that it's just a way of making private schools more public.
But the negative campaigning is what is really putting the sour taste in my mouth when it comes to the Conservative party. Really makes me not want to vote for them.
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Here is my take. Negative political campaigning with little or no positive is political suicide. The voting population is not that stupid.
On the faith based funding issue, to me it's a no-brainer. 100 years ago, based on the demographics of this country and other factors, entrenching the rights for Catholic education mades sense. Today it does not. Duplication of so much infrastructure is a huge waste of taxpayers money, and as a parent who had children in the Catholic system, then in a private Christian School and now in the public secondary system, I can tell you that the amount of faith based education in the Catholic school system is not worth it. Perhaps once it was. Arguing that we can't change the constitution is illogical. If it makes sense to change, it should be changed, and if it includes a phased approach, will mitigate some of the issues.
As for faith based education, if parents feel that they and their church does not provide the faith education their kids need, I think most of them will be willing to pay for a private faith based school. The others who choose not to, or can't afford it will benefit from a better single education system.
Here's the problem with cutting funding to the Catholic school system--based on results, it's a better system!
Based on my personal experience, I don't agree, but nevertheless, funding a single system should mean an improved system. I'm pretty sure that if you look at results many private schools would show very high results.
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