February 6, 2025
Ford’s fixing the financial mess the Liberals left in education
What the Ford government is doing is what the Liberal government should have done seven years ago.
What the Ford government is doing is what the Liberal government should have done seven years ago.

Ontario taxpayers, parents and students are going to hear a lot of rhetoric in the coming weeks about how Ontario Premier Doug Ford is undermining public education.

So let’s inject some reality into the discussion as teacher union leaders and opposition MPPs will be mounting their predictable “it’s the end off the world” rhetoric, as the unions seek better pay and benefits for their members.

First, Ford’s Progressive Conservative government isn’t downsizing the education system, it’s rightsizing it.

During a decade of mismanagement by the previous Liberal government, the number of students in the system dropped by 110,000, or 5.2%, while the number of teachers increased by 14,000 or 12.5%.

How that happened is no secret.

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