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Originally Posted by acottawa
But I think the difference is that in Quebec and Newfoundland protestants also had schools, so the question was one of everyone (or a large portion of the population) “giving up” their schools. In Ontario, only Catholics have taxpayer funded schools (as the Protestant boards had long been secular), so it is a matter of asking a privileged plurality to give up their schools.
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Agreed. I recognize that it's a constitutional and political can of worms. That doesn't mean that's a 100% defensible thing in a society like Ontario or Canada in the 21st century.
We'll see how that works out going forward.