ONTARIO (February, 1991) - With education spending running out of control and the quality of education clearly in decline, it is no surprise that public dissatisfaction with Ontario's government-run school system is at its highest (though not nearly high enough, a condition that is guaranteed to correct itself) in the history of public education in this province.
In response to the increased public attention that the education system is finally (and deservedly) beginning to receive, Freedom Party is once again taking its freedom of choice in education alternative to the political marketplace.
From our battle with the teachers' unions to our support of tax coalition-endorsed trustee candidates and concerned parents, every aspect of our efforts is geared towards creating an aware and informed public on the issue. Supporters of a state monopoly in education, who span the NDP-Liberal-Conservative political spectrum, have done a thorough job of confusing the public (and themselves) on what needs to be done to save our quality of education.
Answers to the education issue elude them because they cannot accept or understand the two principles necessary to keep our education system in the control of the people who use it (parents/students) and pay for it (taxpayers): the principles of choice and privatization. Thus, unfounded fears that our whole education system would collapse if these two alternatives were employed causes them to perpetuate the very spend-spend-spend, tax-tax-tax cycle that is destroying our education system. As Fp leader Robert Metz explained to London School Board administrators and trustees in a public address on March 6, "Instead of viewing government as a means to provide an equal educational opportunity for all, Canadians view government and taxes as a means to get a free education for all."
A direct consequence of our "free education" philosophy is the single major obstacle to the provision of quality education: a lack of adequate funding. Unfortunately, with tax dollars already consuming over 50% of our average income, the prospect of ever-increasing taxes is simply no longer an available option.
With that reality in mind, Freedom Party has produced a publication entitled Freedom of Choice in Education to help introduce the concepts of choice and privatization to those still unfamiliar with them. Included in the publication is a section entitled Counting The Benefits, wherein 16 distinct advantages of freedom of choice in education are listed. Included in the list is access to quality education by all, regardless of financial status, which is falsely touted by state monopolists as being the main reason that government must continue its monopoly on education.
GET THE DETAILS! Read Fp's Freedom of Choice In Education.
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last updated on April 28, 2002
