Thread by @Monetarius

The Meewasin byelection is going to hit home on two big fronts: healthcare and education. On the latter, the left proposes to end all public funding of private schools. The right proposes that more public choice in education is a good. #skpoli

Classic liberalism says that people should have the freedom to do what they want so long as they don't harm others, therefore the first question from liberal lips is, "Where's the harm?". #skpoli

The physical abuse of children is illegal and its incidence in private schools is not a generality. The teaching of creationism in fundamentalist Christian academies may be general and I can't help but believe this is a form of abuse. #skpoli

On the other side, religious denominational schools have been publicly funded for over a hundred years in Canada, first to accommodate Catholic immigrants, but in succeeding years to appease new immigrant communities and ease their entry into the dominant culture. #skpoli