Submission on Bill 36, Progress on the Plan to Build Act

The government has diverted tax dollars by providing billions in tax cuts, like the $2 billion annual cost of dropping the fees for license plate sticker renewal, transferring over $2 billion to parents, handing over billions to businesses with little accountability, and extending the cuts to the gasoline and fuel tax rates. [...] An increase in the number of trained adults in our schools is needed to maintain the physical and mental health of staff and students. [...] Now is the time to invest in and enhance Ontario's publicly-funded education system and to rebuild the province and the people living in it. [...] That the government invest in the public education system instead of providing over $2 billion in hand-outs to parents and use the funds to provide ongoing and targeted supports to the students that need it most; 3. [...] That the government make further investments in public education and post-secondary education: • to make our schools and communities healthy and safe, by adequately addressing violence in schools and the school repair backlog, • to increase access to services for all students across Ontario so that students can receive the services they need in their schools and communities, • to provide classroom.