Ontario Election, 2007 - Information Bulletin # 4


MEDIA COVERAGE

Context

	1.	On July 23, 2007 Mr Tory announced his fair-funding for faith-based schools platform at a press conference at Queen’s Park.

	2.	The majority of the editorials that day were negative, replaying the old slogans from the past.

	3.	In August a number of brave columnists began attacking Premier McGuinty’s opportunism and obvious hypocrisy.

	4.	In early September a number of newspapers sent reporters to OACS and Jewish schools to find out for themselves what kind of education “they” gave at faith-based schools.

	5.	By late September the reports are in and the issue of fair-funding is getting balanced coverage.

Principles

	6.	Click here for Maclean’s on-line. You’ll read a wonderful editorial called Equality in education – Choice is good, and more choice is better – October 1, 2007.

	7.	Click here for the Toronto Sun on-line and you’ll get the latest view of McGuinty’s hypocrisy.

	8.	Click here for the Toronto Star on-line and you’ll see the interview by Louise Brown visiting our John Knox Christian School in Bowmanville.

Action Note

	9.	Check your local media and call them if they are being biased or misleading.

	10.	Keep up the talk and the walk and the momentum of the public debate may go in favour of justice in education.

MEDIA COVERAGE