All right kids let's play nice. By far the most thoughtful and passionate comments Hhdotcom has ever received on a posting. Thank you all.
The debate here shows just how important the issue is in this election. Tim's e-mail posted yesterday spurred quite the response from a diverse group and I urge you to go back and read them all.
A group called The Coalition for Educational Fairness checked in. Interesting bunch with a perspective that is summed up nicely by this.
My pal Soccer Mom had some nice points. (Has some nice "points" too, if memory serves me!)
"...I directed my taxes 50/50 and so can anyone, and even though my son has graduated from the school system my taxes still remain as such. It just sad that more of us don’t know you can do this and we need to be informed that this is an option. What they are presenting is an all or nothing at all and that doesn’t have to be the case. If this option was broadcasted to the masses there would not be the need for such an up-roar."
Fred had this to say.(Not that Fred.)
"More than a few people have said they will not vote for McG because he is a liar and does not keep promises and in the next breath say they do not believe Tory will come through with the funding for FBS. Is there not something wrong with this picture? (and before anyone says that nobody would say that...read the first post).
What about those of us that do not belong to any faith but choose to not send our children to the public system? Will Atheists be afforded funding for their private schools too?
How about this as a proposal...rather than create dozens of small school boards for each faith that is able to get funding, why not offer classes on different faiths in the public system? Give everyone the opportunity to learn about different beliefs and NOT segregate people based on religion. I suspect the world would be a better place if we all understood each other a little bit better.
And lastly, what ever happened to the separation of church and state? Since when did it become the government’s responsibility to teach children about their faith? Is that not what parents are for?
In my mind, this was a brilliant move by Tory. He keeps the media focused on a single issue and never has to defend the rest of his platform and McG looks weak because he does not support the proposal but cannot commit political suicide and declare he wants the catholic system abolished.
I appreciate you all being part of this. As many or you know I enjoy others helping with the Hhdotcom content and this is also an issue I (and many of you) feel strongly about.
I must tell you I've had a conversation with my local NDP guy and he agreed with me about the fairness issue but the party line is a whole different story.
No politician wants to be the first to say let's level the playing field. At least John Tory isn't pretending that it is.
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