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Originally Posted by Calgaryflamesgirl34
I might be confused but don't you choose which school board you pay your taxes to? I know during local elections you have ballots that are based on which school board you pay for to allow you to vote for relevant school board directors or whatever...so how does that mean the public is paying for the schools? Isn't it technically a choice so if you don't believe in the catholic school system you pay the public?
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In Ontario, Catholic schools are allocated one third of the province's education budget despite only 23% of the population choosing to direct their taxes to the separate school board. In effect, all citizens are funding the Catholic schools whether they want to or not.