SCHOOL FOR THOUGHT

The nanny state

This story in today's Globe and Mail provides a real-life example of what can happen when government moves into the private sector. Because the Ontario government's all-day kindergarten program has robbed it of many fee-paying parents, this award-winning nursery school is closing its doors - despite its life-changing reputation. According to the article, this Regent Park nursery school is only the first canary in the cage to fall....