You Deserve a Vote on Bill 64 the PC’S BILL 64 Will Dismantle Manitoba’S Public K-12 School System with No Plan to Put It Back Together

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Winnipeg - 23/06/2021 Page : H002

2 THE HERALD WEDNESDAY | JUNE 23 | 2021 You Deserve a Vote on Bill 64 The PC’s BILL 64 will dismantle Manitoba’s Public K-12 School System with no plan to put it back together

FACTS ABOUT BILL 64 Makes it Easier to Principals will be Close Schools hand-picked by Bill 64 ends the moratorium government on school closures. Bill 64 kicks Principals out of the Lifts the Cap on Manitoba Teachers’ union, and Dougald Lamont, Manitoba Liberal Leader they’ll be hired by a government- Bus Trips appointed panel instead. The PCs are calling Bill 64 a“once- in-a-generation” change – but that’s Expect longer rides, because Bill Parents are expected just about the only accurate thing 64 removes limits on bus trips. to work for free they’ve said about it. The PCs Are NOT If Bill 64 goes ahead the way let volunteer parents do the hiring, the PCs want it to, it will mean Keeping up with job losses, school closures, and the School Costs discipline. provincial government will have School divisions are being forced near-total say in running the You’ll Lose Your school system. Government haven’t covered Right to Vote As Manitoba Liberals we don’t Covid costs. While the PCs are Elected school trustees and school want any political party with that building new schools, existing much say over education. Not the boards mean there is someone in schools arent getting upgrades they your community with the power to PCs, not the NDP, not us. have needed for decades. make changes. That will be gone. Throughout the pandemic, trustees, principals, superintendents, teachers, EAs and all educational FOUR MYTHS BUSTED teaching our children, and keeping 80% of Manitoba students – the Forcing school divisions to merge them as safe as possible. They vast majority – are doing as well always costs more money than it or better than their peers across saves. The PCs keep saying they and turmoil. Canada. We have a quality school will redirect “savings” to the front- Our school system works well for system. line. They said the same thing 80% of students. We need to help about health care and it never the other 20% and their families. The 20% of students who are happened. Bill 64 doesn’t do that. The stakes struggling are from families who are high and you deserve a say. may live in poverty. For decades, Manitoba does NOT spend the We all do. Manitoba has had more families most on education. When you and children living in deep factor in all the PCs cuts and Your Manitoba Liberal MLAs, poverty than any other province tax giveaways, they are taking Dougald Lamont because many social supports $1.75-billion out of education over Dr. Jon Gerrard haven’t changed since 1986. the next few years. Cindy Lamoureux Sign the Petition for a Referendum today - Go to StopBill64.ca E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 204-945-6276 for more information www.canstarnews.com