With an Ontario election coming up, I think we should make ending separate school systems an election issue.

The fairness (treating all religions equal) should be enough to end this practice; but the simple fundamentals of removing duplication (separate education boards, trustees, 2 schools in same areas etc) is a logical reason. Selling off the surplus schools after combining them to reduce debts or for affordable housing or for parks: anything else is another reason. A common secular education I’m thinking would probably help reduce social divides. (Parents, Sunday school, Mosques etc. can still teach their kids their chosen religion.)Legally I know Quebec, Newfoundland, and Manitoba all eliminated funding denominational separate schools. Only 3 provinces have it in the Charter to support it. Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan. Can’t there be a constitutional amendment to change that though? The Charter has been changed before.Financially The Roman Catholic school system gets about 33% of Ontario’s $24-billion education budget, but only 23% of electors direct their education taxes to separate schools.That means everyone, including those who have selected to not fund catholic schools are funding catholic schools. Source:https://ift.tt/3GMAtUp can we make this an election issue; assuming there is the will to do it; comments? via /r/ontario https://ift.tt/3GwHw3p