Underfunding

5 Minutes

Canada

How do schools guarantee students’ basic “Right to Read” in an era of chronic government underfunding?

PV October 21, 2024

By Silla Tauler As students headed back to school in September, mainstream media outlets echoed with reports about low literacy rates and “new approaches” to reading in several provinces. But no province appears ready...

2 Minutes

Canada Labour

Manitoba healthcare workers’ survey shows system pushed to the brink by systemic underfunding

PV July 30, 2024

PV Manitoba Bureau As the Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals (MAHCP) continues bargaining for over 95 percent of its 7000 members, an internal survey reveals a workforce under tremendous duress. According to the...

4 Minutes

Uncategorized

Cell phone bans and other “back to basics” announcements are just cover for government underfunding of public education

PV July 17, 2024

By Silla Tauler Until the recent cabinet shuffle, Ontario’s former Minister of Education Stephen Lecce spent several weeks reminding people of the Ford government’s plan to rein in the “excesses” of teachers and school...