it’s unconscionable to continue prioritizing the social and economic benefits of adults over the basic needs of children. think i’m exaggerating? then find me where, in the ontario government’s reopening plan , it discusses kids returning to in-person schooling. (casinos and strip clubs are in there, though.) ontario kids have missed more in-class learning in the last academic year than anyone else in canada. there is not a word about the coming academic year in the reopening plan. like it doesn’t matter.
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the province’s science advisory table just said in-person learning and extra-curricular activities should be back in september “barring catastrophic circumstances” such as the health care system being overwhelmed. but here’s the catch: to give our kids the gift of normal life in september, we need to prioritize low community transmission and air quality improvement in school buildings.
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i agree, but i don’t think it’s going to make a lick of difference. this government’s pandemic management style is to hope for the best and find someone else to blame when the best fails to materialize. in-person schooling needs to be a priority and for that everything must be done to keep community transmission low, including vaccination passports. the ford government has already ruled those out , preferring to keep its fingers crossed that people behave responsibly now that everything is reopened.
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