ONTARIO PREMIER SAYS EVES’ WARNINGS ABOUT “HATE” IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS IS “IRRELEVANT”
TORONTO, December 21, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Ontario Premier Mike Harris has referred to the comments of a contender to replace him as “irrelevant.” The Hamilton Spectator reported yesterday that Harris dismissed Tory Leadership hopeful Ernie Eves’ suggestion that private schools may teach “hate.” Harris said, “As far as anything to do with hate or teaching hate, no school in Ontario, private or public, will be allowed to stay open that does that. We have very strong laws on that so that’s irrelevant and extraneous to the issue.” Harris also criticized Eves’ insistence that private schools follow the Ontario curriculum. “As […]
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