ion to cut the budget. In an interview, he said, "There is more than enough money in the system: the problem lies in the fact that that it is not spent to improve the quality of classroom education.Many other provinces spending significantly fewer dollars are gettingbetter results: their kids are learning more" (Macleans).When the bill was passed, it allowed some school positions currently held by teachers to be taken by other qualified professionals. Librarians no longer needed to have graduated from Teacher's College in order to hold the position. This reduced spending because their salary was less than that of a teacher. In the Progressive Conservative party platform, they declared they would cut the education budget, limit the classroom sizes, cut down on teacher preparation time, and allow uncertified teachers to teach children and create standardized testing and report cards. The Conservatives said they were going to cut $667 million dollars from education. They also contradicted themselves by saying there was no price for education: there was no limit. The government has repeatedly said we do not need this much money to go towards our education. We are constantly told how other provinces do just as well, if not better, and they have less funding than Ontario. But the government neglects to mention that Ontario has more students than any other province. Also, Ontario has the highest number of students who have English as a second language; so naturally, those students will not do as well on standardized testing (Education Crisis 2). The government has the responsibility to set the classroom size as they see fit. But smaller classes mean more classes, and this inevitably means more money. This also contradicts the idea of cutting the budget. Teacher preparation time is anytime during the school day where the teachers are not directly teaching the students. It may involve creating lesson plans, marking papers, assisti...
