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With a third wave of the pandemic requiring a ratcheting up of Quebec’s public health restrictions anew, Premier François Legault still found time Tuesday for a low blow against one of his favourite punching bags.
After announcing that high school students in red zones like greater Montreal will go back to every-other-day in-person attendance, Legault denied that his rapid reversal indicated it was a bad idea to send secondary students back to full-time classes in the first place. In fact, he essentially accused the English Montreal School Board, and its anglophone counterparts who resisted the now moot decision, of thinking they know better than Quebec’s top public health experts.
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With a third wave of the pandemic requiring a ratcheting up of Quebec’s public health restrictions anew, Premier François Legault still found time Tuesday for a low blow against one of his favourite punching bags.
After announcing that high school students in red zones like greater Montreal will go back to every-other-day in-person attendance, Legault denied that his rapid reversal indicated it was a bad idea to send secondary students back to full-time classes in the first place. In fact, he essentially accused the English Montreal School Board, and its anglophone counterparts who resisted the now moot decision, of thinking they know better than Quebec’s top public health experts.
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Hanes: Even before this week s uproar, Roberge earned a failing grade There were already questions about the air quality tests the Quebec government conducted in schools. Now come allegations the education minister lied about public health signing off on the methodology.
Author of the article: Allison Hanes • Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Apr 01, 2021 • 3 days ago • 4 minute read • The English Montreal, Lester B. Pearson and Sir Wilfrid Laurier school boards are among those that wisely bought air purifiers for classrooms, while the abolition of francophone school boards has centralized power in the hands of an intransigent minister at a dangerous time, Allison Hanes writes. Photo by Dave Sidaway /Montreal Gazette files