TORONTO, December 19, 2001 (LSN.ca) - Environment Minister and Tory leadership candidate Elizabeth Witmer has questioned allowing parents a private school tax credit unless those schools follow the provincial curriculum. Finance Minister and leadership candidate Jim Flaherty finalized the regulations on the tax credit last week, noting that independent schools need not provide the standard government curriculum mandated in public schools in order to be eligible for the credit.
The Toronto Sun reports that Witmer commented on the issue of the curriculum saying, “And that seems to be an issue that is certainly generating the need for some further discussion.” The provincial curriculum has come under fire from social conservatives who suggest that, among other many concerns, its mandates on sex education are offensive to some people’s religious beliefs.
Source: Toronto Sun Dec. 19, 2001
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