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because it was a primary condition for quebec's entry into confederation. quebec was overwhelmingly catholic and was worried about losing its language and culture if it joined confederation. as part of the guarantees given to quebec in 1867, keeping their education system (and catholic schools) was part of the deal. there has been catholic education in canada as long as there has been a canada. a very sizeable percentage of canadians have traditionally been catholic, so there is nothing wrong with having a catholic school system in this country. and the "it would save money by dissolving catholic schools" argument is blown away by the fact that catholic schools have ALWAYS done more with less money than public schools have.
 
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There's nothing wrong with having a Catholic school system in Canada, sure, but Catholic parents shouldn't be getting to send their kids to Catholic schools on my dime. That was the big problem in the last provincial election---John Tory was half right. It's absolutely indefensible to publically fund one relgion, and not the rest, and it's unfair that Catholic parents get publically funded religious schools for their kids, while the parents of some of my Jewish friends had to shell out 10's of thousands of dollars to send their kids to a Jewish school. But the solution isn't to extend funding to every religion, it's to take away public funding from the Catholics.

And hey, if Quebec still wants to spend their taxpayer dollars on Catholic schools in their province, they can go right ahead. But the rest of Canada sure as hell shouldn't have to.
 
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Thanks, that makes sense. It still seems like a ridiculous idea, but at least now I know how it was justified.
 
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for the record i frown upon all religions. it's all just a bunch of silly straw grasping. can't we just accept that we don't have the answers to the afterlife?
 
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Speaking as someone who spent some of his formative years in a Catholic high school, I can safely say that is an experience that every teenage boy should have. :thumbup:
 
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for some reason pretty much none of the catholic schools around here have the traditional uniforms. I remember I was all pumped in grade 9 when some girl wanted me to hang out with her at Pope John Paul, and then I get there and all the girls are in loose grey slacks. What is that shit?
 
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johnunit said:
for some reason pretty much none of the catholic schools around here have the traditional uniforms. I remember I was all pumped in grade 9 when some girl wanted me to hang out with her at Pope John Paul, and then I get there and all the girls are in loose grey slacks. What is that shit?
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At my school, the girls had the option of the slacks, the kilts or a grey jumper.

My favourite was the jumper. The girls usually bought it a half size too small and after one turn through the wash it shrank and was then a size and a half too small. If a girl in a jumper had great legs or a nice ass...
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damn, I miss high school all of a sudden.
 
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theREALkoreaboy said:
-because catholic education is guaranteed by sec.93 of the constitution

-because catholic education has demonstrated a proven ability to better educate kids for less money than the public boards have been able to

-because it provides a choice for parents

-because around 40% of the province is still catholic

-because why would we change an ontario education system that ranks up near the top of systems in the world?
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And there are slightly more Protestants than Catholics in this province. How come we don't get our own private education system? If Catholics want a separate system they should have to pay out of their pockets like the Jewish children educated at Hebrew schools. There is absolutely no justifiable basis to provide religious education to children from provincial funds.
 
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or, put a way KB might understand the insanity of more:

In my neighbourhood, we're pushing up on 40% muslim. Should the government fund schools that teach islamic beliefs and take time out of school to go to mosque?

There's just something wrong about the government paying for schoolbuses to go to mandatory church services.
 
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johnunit said:
or, put a way KB might understand the insanity of more:

In my neighbourhood, we're pushing up on 40% muslim. Should the government fund schools that teach islamic beliefs and take time out of school to go to mosque?

There's just something wrong about the government paying for schoolbuses to go to mandatory church services.
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Okay, 12 years of Catholic school teaches you one thing with regard to this.
While liturgies might be mandatory, there is no better fitness training course. At my high school, the yard backed on to a local park. If you were caught skipping a liturgy, you were suspended for three days. The teachers were sent out to patrol behind the school and around the portables. They were trying actively to catch us. In four years, I learned how to get out undetected. Often times whistling the theme to "The Great Escape". 4 years, 32 liturgies, 32 successful skip attempts, 0 suspensions.

I was always very proud of that.
 
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northernlou said:
Killed by heat of his cannabis farms

That's way hot for indoor herb, and there you go it can kill you too.
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Damn, heat like that would just suck all the oxygen out of the place, and then you get baked along with the stuff that was supposed to get you....well, baked! What a way to die! And then his noble friends break in...because they were concerned about his well being...or the pot's?

Nice piece, lou!
 
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johnunit said:
In my neighbourhood, we're pushing up on 40% muslim. Should the government fund schools that teach islamic beliefs and take time out of school to go to mosque?
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absolutely not. because our nation was not founded on muslim beliefs, muslims still make up a small minority of our population, and much of muslim belief is incompatible with the principles of a liberal western democracy.
 
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I don't think KB travels outside of Ottawa that much with a statement like that. That small minority is getting increasingly larger every year
 
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KB is clearly basing his opinion on how Ottawa is structured, but you seem to be doing the same based on Toronto.

Montreal and Toronto are the highest per-capita in the country. Out of the entire country the % of Muslims is very small.
 
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Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver to name a few more. A lot of the major cities in Canada have a high Muslim population that is growing.

A very small percentage is an understatement
 
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In 2006 Statscan estimated that only 2.5% of the population is Muslim.

I would consider that small.
 
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