Quote: Originally Posted by captain morgan
They are equally recognized and also are able to receive money according to the funding formula... That last part is important in that $$ is allocated on a per student basis. If your neighborhood has a high Jewish population, the cash available from the educational system may be enough to justify building a school.. However, the school system can not afford to build individual schools fro small populations in that it will exceed the per-student allocations. The irony is that if they did build schools for individual religions/culture that had small populations, teh seperate and public systems would be discriminated against via not receiving the same $$ per student... Charter schools have bridged this gap, but the kicker is that the families of those students must make up the difference and no one wants to put their money where their mouth is.
Not quite. Under the current legislation in Ontario, the number of students is irrelevent. We have four school systems in Ontario: English secular, French secular, English Catholic, and French Catholic. I believe there is also an English Protestant in one district. The Liberal Party of Ontario, currently in power, claims that the constitution requires special status for Catholics and Protestants, as per the British North America Act. If so, then why did Canada sign onto the Convention? Also, can't the constitution change with time?
I know a case of one school where Catholics and secular students share the same building in one town. For them, the government will accommodate even if numbers don't warrant. It would not accommodate a Jewish school even if numbers warrant. This is well documented.
Quote: Essentially, that is what exists today in that the homeowner can allocate the portion of their property taxes to the system they want.
Again, not accurate. He can allocate for one of the established school systems I mentioned above, giving certain religious schools special status. Other denominaitonal schools don't have this right. The law is explicit in giving specific religious institutions a special privilege over others. It's in the law.
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Like I said, I am going on AB law and experience and am assuming that the system in Ontario is similar. In the end, this issue could easily morph into a very complicated issue based on teh overwhelming number of variables that must be considered.[/quote]
So Ontario and Alberta Law are radically different then. In Ontario, the government defends the right to special privilege to Catholics, not granted to others, as per the British North America Act. I believe Alberta may have solved the problem by simply extending this right to all religious denominations, thereby conforming to UNHCR Article 26 and the British North America Act simultaneously.
