"Democracy is under attack and we can't be Trumped within our own province."
The Ford government has taken control of six school boards across the province — using words like “incompetence,” “mess” and “off the rails” to describe how things were going before the province seized the wheel.
The passage of Bill 33, which came into force in November, made it even easier for Ontario to intervene. The Near North District School Board learned that lesson the hard way on Dec. 1. All the while the Board of Trustees and Staff were working on the expectations of the Minister's review. (Within the 24 minutes there is talk about the NNDSB - many conflicting details).
Now that we’ve reached 2026, an even bigger question looms: Will the Ford government scrap school trustees altogether? (Within the video the conversation revolves around when the decision will be made - there are hints - waiting to March when the legislature reconvenes to table such such legislation. "Nothing to change his thinking...") And the commentator's observations calls it "a power grab..."
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