Ontario Election, 2007 - Information Bulletin # 2
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WHY ADVOCATE FOR FAIR-FUNDING AND JUSTICE?
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Context |
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Catholic, French and Native communities have fully-funded schools that teach their culture and worldview. |
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The English “public” school system of the majority is officially secular and thus biased against people of religious faith. |
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Rising tuition costs will make Christian schools a privilege for the rich in ten years time. |
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Principles |
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All minority group citizens, including Protestants, are entitled to equal benefits of the law in education. |
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School choice and educational diversity is a public good. Several different school systems make for a productive educational debate in the public domain. |
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Multiculturalism is a constitutional value in Canada. It means respecting other cultures and being entitled to establish ones own group identity without discrimination. |
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Talking Points |
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Should Christians and people of faith be engaged in the public arena? |
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If Christians do not stand up for their own rights, why should anyone else? |
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Should Christians hold out for perfect justice or should they be willing to support proximate justice? |
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Given the emotional rhetoric in this campaign, do you think any political leader will want to touch this fair-funding issue in the future? |
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Action Note: |
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Christian education should be widely available to Ontario citizens as an alternative to the materialism and humanism rampant in today’s culture. |
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Christians have a calling to let their light shine and not hide it under the bushel of financial burdens.
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