I didn't write today's editorial in The Mississauga News about Tory's plan to fund faith-based education, but I do support it.
The next step, of course, is a solution.
If not funding for faith-based education, then what?
We already fund Catholic education in Ontario. Do we continue with that, or do we find a way to opt out?
It is fairly complicated, since funding Catholic education is mandated in the British North America Act, a.k.a. the Constitution. To get rid of Catholic education, the Constitution would need to be amended. That's not necessarily an easy feat.
On the other hand, how do we continue to justify the state funding religious education for one group but not another?
I am working on an article about the state of faith-based education, based around Tory's promise, and will write more about it later.