Andrea Horwath, Leader of Ontario’s New Democrats, is pleased the government is finally moving forward with a plan for full-day learning but says families shouldn’t have been forced to wait six years for action.

Education Minister Kathleen Wynne has backed down on her ministry’s decision to discontinue funding the Arrowsmith special education program at the Toronto Catholic District School Board, a board she took over earlier this year.

NDP Education critic Rosario Marchese and Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas want to know why the McGuinty Liberals abdicated their responsibility to ensure Cambrian College students were getting the education they were paying for.

Dans un discours prononcé devant la Fédération des enseignantes et des enseignants de l’élémentaire de l’Ontario, Andrea Horwath, la nouvelle chef du NPD ontarien, s’est portée à la défense d’une éducation publique qui accorde la priorité aux élèves et aux enseignants.

In her speech today to the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario, Andrea Horwath, the new leader of Ontario’s NDP, stood up for a public education system that puts students and teachers first.

The McGuinty Liberals must compensate students of a failed career college at the centre of an investigation by the provincial ombudsman, says NDP Leader Andrea Horwath.

“It’s bad enough the McGuinty Liberals watched from the sidelines as this illegal career college actively promoted itself,” said Horwath.