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Politics 101

January 25, 2016 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 07:38 AM

Over the past 10 years or so, the scope of school board trustees' powers has been whittled away until now they are pretty much puppets. 

The latest whittling concerns the Toronto District School Board and its contract with its maintenance and trades workers. Although the contract means that the board has to continue to pay in the order of $3,000 for electrical outlet jobs, the contract has just been unilaterally renewed by the province, leaving the trustees speechless. more  H/T TB

All around the province, powerless trustees are starting to speak up. Ottawa   North Bay   H/T JD  Lindsay

As far as I can tell, the province doesn't want its trustees to have any decision-making powers, but it still wants the trustees in place so it can blame them when things go wrong.

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It’s just more example of vote buying—using taxpayers’ $$—by Kathleen Wynne and her cohorts.

Posted by Bev on 01/25 at 01:50 PM

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