‘High degree of anxiety’ as Manitoba’s education system braces for major reforms | CBC News
The Progressive Conservative government focused on health-care
reform in its first term, converting three Winnipeg emergency rooms into
urgent care centres. That’s led to many health-care professionals
saying they’re now overworked at understaffed hospitals.
reform in its first term, converting three Winnipeg emergency rooms into
urgent care centres. That’s led to many health-care professionals
saying they’re now overworked at understaffed hospitals.
In
the lead-up to last fall’s provincial election, the Progressive
Conservatives said they would take away a major responsibility of school
boards, promising to phase out education property taxes once the province’s budget is balanced.
Manitobans “may
fear that some of the services that they [have] become accustomed to
… will be lost in the name of administrative efficiency,” the U of M’s
Mandzuk said, especially if the province moves to force school divisions
to amalgamate, as a Manitoba NDP government did in 2002.