Bruce24

Tory's schools funding policy is "racist"? What nonsense. What is unfair and discriminatory (according to the UN) is the funding of one particular religious group to the exclusion of others. When public and Roman Catholic schools were separated originally, "public" meant Protestant, because these were the two principal religious groups at the time. Now "public" means secular, and Catholic is still Catholic. Making funding available to people willing to set up certified, tested schools so that they can teach their children their values and religion in addition to teaching them the core subjects of the Ontario curriculum is simply in line with the philosophy of the basic rights we enjoy: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, etc. Making people pay thousands of dollars a year to send their kids to such schools in addition to the thousands of dollars they pay in taxes that go to the publicly funded schools is simply unfair.

One Question: 1. If a certain candidate wins the seat in a riding, is it possible with the proposed system that he/she doesn't get in, because he/she will be replaced by a list candidate? This seems to be implied by the fact that some elected candidates will need to be removed if their party is over-represented proportionally. Is this also possible if a candidate is an independent?