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Do you support charter schools?

Do you support independent schools?

Independent schools are taxpayer funded K-12 schools that are managed by private companies. In 1994 Alberta became the first province to allow independent schools. There are 23 independent schools in Alberta and it remains the only province which enables them.

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Response rates from 2.2k Markham--Stouffville voters.

55%
Yes
45%
No
41%
Yes
34%
No
10%
Yes, but not at the expense of funding public schools
7%
No, we should focus on improving our public schools and increasing teacher wages instead
4%
Yes, but only if they are non-profit
3%
No, and education should not be privatized
1%
Yes, and our entire education system should be privatized

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 @B2KLS5Mfrom Mindoro Occidental  answered…3mos3MO

Yes, but support for independent school should be balanced with investments in public education to ensure that every student, regardless of income, has access to a quality education.

 @B2GRGV5from Alberta  answered…3mos3MO

Independent school are okay but they should not be funded in any way by the government. They should be paid in full by those attending.

 @B4ND9T9from British Columbia  answered…1wk1W

I support self-funded privatization of some education to help reduce our taxes and the costs to student families. They need to maintain at least the current minimal standards.

 @B4FKM6Sfrom Ontario  answered…3wks3W

I support them but I also support and believe public schools should be improved and teacher wages should be increased

 @B364M34from Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

Yes, but the parents/guardians of the student attending private schools should be the ones funding the school.

 @B2WRHY4from Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

As a tax payer I do not what to pay for both independent and public funded schools. I think independent schools can exist I just do not want to pay for them.

 @B2W3XZ2from Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

Yes but only if public education still has proper funding and children who can't afford private education still have good opportunities to graduate and be educated.

 @B4V94BJfrom Ontario  answered…8hrs8H

No, instead, focus on improving public schools and put emphasis on teaching life skills, not just academic skills.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…5mos5MO

Texas Offers Trump 1,400 Acres for His Mass Deportation Dream

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Trump’s Puerto Rico Problem Erupts in Pennsylvania: Latino Voters Fire Back

Donald Trump has a serious Puerto Rico problem — in Pennsylvania.Many Puerto Rican voters in the state are furious about racist and demeaning comments delivered at a Trump rally. Some say their dismay is giving Kamala Harris a new opening to win over the state’s Latino voters, particularly nearly half a million Pennsylvanians of Puerto Rican descent.Evidence of the backlash was immediate on Monday: A nonpartisan Puerto Rican group drafted a letter urging its members to oppose Trump on election day. Other Puerto Rican voters were lighting up WhatsApp chats with reactions to the vulgar display and raising it in morning conversations at their bodegas. Some are planning to protest Trump’s rally Tuesday in Allentown, a majority-Latino city with one of the largest Puerto Rican populations in the state.And the arena Trump is speaking at is located in the middle of the city’s Puerto Rican neighborhood.“It’s spreading like wildfire through the community,” said Norberto Dominguez, a precinct captain with the local Democratic party in Allentown, who noted his own family is half Republican and half Democratic voters.“It’s not the smartest thing to do, to insult people — a large group of voters here in a swing state — and then go to their home asking for votes,” Dominguez said.The timing couldn’t be worse for Trump. Almost a week before Election Day, he’s pushing to cut into Harris’ margins among Latinos, especially young men who are worried about the economy. But the comments from pro-Trump comedian Tony Hinchcliffe Sunday night, referring to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage,” has reverberated throughout Pennsylvania and elsewhere, prompting even the former president’s Republican allies to defend the island and denounce the comments. And with the race essentially a toss up, every vote counts — especially in Pennsylvania.“This was just like a gift from the gods,” said Victor Martinez, an Allentown resident who owns the Spanish language radio station La Mega, noting some Puerto Rican voters in the area have been on the fence about voting at all.

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