The Yukon government’s sudden decision to send local high school students back to full-time classes in April was the source of some intense debate Wednesday in the legislature.
During question period, the government and Premier Sandy Silver were grilled on the decision by Yukon Party MLAs.
Scott Kent, the education critic for the YP, was particularly pointed in his questions.
“As we have said, A Path Forward, which the Liberals released just five days ago, says that, in order to get students back to full-time class in
person in Whitehorse, we need to meet a criteria of and I’ll quote again: ‘High overall vaccination rate for the entire Yukon population.’