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  1. The myth of education spending cuts in Ontario

    Appeared in the Financial Post Soon, the Wynne government will present its first budget since being re-elected with a majority last June. This will be a critical test, particularly with respect to the bond market and credit rating agencies. The governing ...

  2. The Myth of Education Spending Cuts in Alberta

    Appeared in the Fox Creek Times and Okotoks Western Wheel It’s budget season in Edmonton but Premier Prentice has already announced a five per cent across-the-board reduction in program spending to help deal with an expected $7 billion-plus deficit. Of ...

  3. The myth of education spending cuts in Canada

    Appeared in the Daily Courier and Woodstock Sentinel Review It’s budget season again, with provincial governments across Canada delivering their annual budgets amid a backdrop of falling commodity prices and provincial deficits. And once again, a ...

  4. Education Spending in Canada: What’s Actually Happening?

    Media reports on education spending in Canada often refer to spending cuts, gaps and caps, budget shortfalls, and expenditure decreases. An informal observer may well conclude that spending on government elementary and secondary schools across the ...

  5. Financial Savings: Restructuring Education in Ontario Using the British Columbia Model

    Almost one-fifth (18.7 percent) of Ontario’s budget is spent on JK-12 education. With recurring deficits—the most recent ($11.3 billion) amounting to almost half the entire public JK-12 budget ($23.8 billion in 2013/14)—and provincial net debt of $269.3 ...

  6. Independent schools offer BC parents shelter from labour strife

    Appeared in the Vancouver Sun As BC parents and students struggle with the teachers’ strike and prospects of a significantly delayed school year, it’s worth understanding how and why one-in-eight students (and their parents) in the province is unaffected ...

  7. Public education dollars need not be restricted to public education monopoly

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald In a liberal democracy, where critical thinking is often touted as an end goal in education, it was disappointing to read Calgary MLA Kent Hehr’s attack on parental choice in education (“Private schools divide pupils by ...