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Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce says he wants the province’s elementary and secondary students to go back to school in person as soon as possible.
But as parents juggle the second week of their children learning online at home, medical experts warn about the harm of school closures, and the province remains locked down against the pandemic’s brutal third wave, there are few clues emerging to the question: Will 1.5 million Ontario students head back to in-person classes before this school year ends?
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Winnipeg Free Press By: Tom Brodbeck | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Monday, Apr. 19, 2021
Opinion
The problem with federal-provincial cost-shared programs such as the “national” childcare program proposed by the federal Liberals Monday is there’s nothing stopping Ottawa from clawing back funding in the future.
The problem with federal-provincial cost-shared programs such as the national childcare program proposed by the federal Liberals Monday is there’s nothing stopping Ottawa from clawing back funding in the future.
When that happens, provinces get stuck with the bill.
It’s one of the pitfalls of fiscal federalism.
Ottawa loves announcing federal-provincial programs. It gives them visibility and relevancy with Canadians. The federal government collects most of the taxes in Canada, but it doesn’t provide many public-facing services. Ottawa is mostly a broker of money.