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Ross Romano

  • MPP
  • Member of Provincial Parliament
  • Sault Ste. Marie
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
  • Ontario
  • Suite 102 390 Bay St. Sault Ste Marie, ON P6A 1X2 Ross.Romanoco@pc.ola.org
  • tel: 705-949-6959
  • fax: 705-946-6269
  • Ross.Romano@pc.ola.org

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  • Apr/19/23 4:00:00 p.m.
  • Re: Bill 98 

I listened to the member’s comments, and I really want to thank the member opposite for her comments. When she talks about it not being a good idea to have accountability measures; when she talks about it not being a good idea to give tests to kids so that we can figure out what their skills are and where they might need more work on and how we could better help them—that she is so against that and that her party is so against that, I thank them for that. Because everybody else in the province of Ontario knows how important accountability is. Everyone else in the province of Ontario knows how important it is that we deliver the best possible education to our children.

My question for the member opposite is, do you not feel incredibly lucky and honoured that your policies are so far off that you just can’t possibly get the support of the people of this province to ever put our children in a position to have to endure those policies that are so detrimental to our children’s development?

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  • Apr/19/23 1:40:00 p.m.
  • Re: Bill 98 

I’d like to ask a question of the member from Kitchener–Conestoga while he’s staring at my backside right now. Thank you very much for that, to the great member.

In seriousness, for those of you who may or may not know, of course, I’m aware that the member has five children, all in the secondary school level and junior levels. I’ve got three young children in grades 3, 4 and 5 myself. As parents with kids going to school, how do you really rank and feel—I’m just curious, to the member, in his own personal experience, less so as a legislator, as a member of the government, but more as father of five children in school—how do you feel our system is serving our students, and do you feel that we’re doing pretty well for our kids right now?

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