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by Our Schools / Our Selves on February 15, 2019 Suggestions by the Ontario government that class size caps be lifted for primary students, or that full day kindergarten not be guaranteed beyond the 2019-20 school year (further...The all too ugly truth: Climate change is generational genocide
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by CCPA on February 12, 2019 On February 5, Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, Lisa MacLeod, held a press conference with her Parliamentary Secretary, Amy Fee, to announce sweeping changes...Good, safe jobs in Ontario’s construction industry under threat
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