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In theory the CF is now expanding; which should leave plenty of positions (especially as instructors) with an actual CF “need” to be filled, which should allow for the CF to keep non-deployable personnel employed. There should be no need for a special pay scale or an absolute denial of...

I took it to mean the other religious schools.

I don't believe that your chunk is big enough; if it were then there wouldn't be a problem amongst the voters of Ontario when it comes to the government spending even more taxpayer money on religious schools. It's a religious school system and, in my opinion it should not receive any tax...

I agree that there is nothing concrete that a State has to be involved in. Collective security seems to be one of the first reasons for becoming a State so that usually is taken care of (trade comes up early as well). I think as you form larger and larger gatherings of people you will end up...

Yes. Be the best Catholic school teacher you can be - just don't do it with public money. I understand the difference, but it doesn’t matter. It is still the Catholic Church. If you don’t have the Catholic Church you don’t have Catholic beliefs and you don’t have a Catholic school board. With...

Much of Protestantism has changed in order to become more relevant to a population that is more secular. That is not a problem that the government should pay for - I’m not saying Catholic schools can’t exist. I can’t see this being a problem; there is no attack on anyone’s religion, just...

Yes. It is my post - and very much my assertion. I'll go with another - Really?! Why dance around this. It's a catholic school system. Not a school system that, just by happy coincidence, is favourable to Catholics.

The situation is not the same today. Canada’s governments today have only a few vestigial remains from its former Protestant status – none of which affect education. This leaves no cause for separate school systems or appeasement to religious organizations on this matter. It is the parents’...

Pointing out problems with the public system only shows how much effort and leadership is needed to fix it, not that it should be abandoned (note: I disagree with the board system). Education isn’t some freak government service that is somehow unworkable or must be handed over, with bags of...

Really? I thought for sure the Pep-C analogy (though tiresome) really nailed it – if not the previous posts I submitted. I find it difficult to believe that someone cannot see how this is subsidizing religion. - All the logistics are taken care of by the good people of Ontario. No need to...

I think you’ve confused the similes. In my opinion, the right way: - Government provides a good (secular) police force for the public good - If you have the means, you can hire (for example) the services of a private security firm - Government provides a good (secular) health care system...

The public (secular) education system is there for the public good. That is what the tax money is for; it isn’t a fund set aside for an episode of Pimp My Ride. People are free to move around in the public system, or leave it. There is no reason for tax payers to pay for the designer...

How I believe the misunderstanding is taking place: 1) The government provides funds to the public (secular) school system to meet its educational service requirements. 2) For budgeting purposes, parts of the public educational funds are calculated out on a per child basis. That should be...

Alberta’s successes and Ontario’s failures are not directly linked to having publicly funded religious schools (unless you have some data to share on that). Expressing disappointment in Ontario’s school bureaucracy or teacher’s union does not give an actual reason why the government would be...

Converting the Catholic school system to the public (secular) system will not cause parents, whose children are in the Catholic system, to pay more taxes. Taxes will remain the same and so their financial freedom stays the same. None of that has anything to do with education; and that’s the...

An educated population is an objective much like a defended population is an objective. The government decides how it will defend Canada and provides us with the CF. While someone might prefer to be defended by Challenger MBTs, instead of Leopard MBTs, they just can’t go out, hire some...

I'm using Standard Education to indicate topic content, not topic depth. While schools of excellence could be set up in a Standard Education public system, I would suggest an improved ability in all public schools to meet the needs of their quick learners. Private schools don’t exist to be...

In general: Education and health care both, as services, have low level delivery but with high level standardization (2 + 2 = 4, fixing a broken leg is just fixing a broken leg) and, combined with the large budget requirements, this should mean a federal responsibility. Having high quality...

I believe that the main issue for Canadians is the separation of Church and State, and the proposal to increase the subsidization of religion is what most people are worried about. Funding loud and needy special interest groups, and segregating our children, will cause other issues to seem...

The separated school system is nothing but divisive segregation; and, much like school board and health board systems in general, is antiquated and meaningless in Canada today. Once again our own constitution works against us; having the courts enforcing more religious subsidies, and aspiring...