“ If they pay for it, they get to say how it's done. ”

“ They certainly do "get to say how it's done," but that doesn't mean they should be saying how it's done, or that it's good for yidden if they take away public support of our institutions. Remember--this means that yidden will have to pay more, and things like that shouldn't just be blown off with cavalier statements. ”

“ This is a wake up call for all of us. If we want to have control of what our kids should and should not learn, and how to live our lives, lets stop taking from governments. If that means to cut back, CUT BACK. No fancy buildings, no hot lunches, no school busses. None. It can be done. This is the chinuch that klal yisroel had for thousands of years. Always remember that a ....
A GIVING HAND IS A CONTROLING HAND. ”

“ This is a good decision. None of these schools taking a dollar in provincial funding should be engaging the kids in religious education or indoctrination. There are plenty of non-subsidized religious preschools for jewish children if the parents want this kind of environment. ”

“ stop taking from govt's?? whose money do u think the gov't is using?? mine and yours! atleast let that money go back into our own children.
and to say that chinuch was different for thousands of years...i have news for you - kids today are different too. try running a mosad based solely on heimishe mney. may as well keep the kids home. ”

“ Parnasa she'll adam ketzuvim loi mrosh hashune ad rosh hashune chutz mhotzoas shabbos ubonov litalmud torah ”

“ This is a wake up call for all of us. If we want to have control of what our kids should and should not learn, and how to live our lives, lets stop taking from governments. If that means to cut back, CUT BACK. No fancy buildings, no hot lunches, no school busses. None. It can be done. This is the chinuch that klal yisroel had for thousands of years. Always remember that a ....
A GIVING HAND IS A CONTROLING HAND. ”

“ "It is hardly lack of due process for the Government to regulate that which it subsidizes."
Wickard vs. Filburn

No doubt, the principal decided in the above U.S. case applies in Canada too. That's why the efforts to secure funding through vouchers is foolish. Even if it were possible to win the impossible politcal battle and receive vouchers, the scheme will fail. Why? Because activists will immediately tie strings to such funding. They will demand that any school receiving funds must include some anti-Torah agendas (to'eva promotion, for example) in their curriculum. What will be the result? Torah institutions will still depend entirely on private funding while Frum parents will see their taxes increase to support the voucher programs used by those who don't mind the strings attached. ”

“ This is a good decision. None of these schools taking a dollar in provincial funding should be engaging the kids in religious education or indoctrination. There are plenty of non-subsidized religious preschools for jewish children if the parents want this kind of environment. ”

“ Stupid, stupid people: Please do not use your ignorance to malign excellently and professionally run Jewish institutions here.

This ain't the USA. There is no separation of Church and State, here.

The Quebec parliament is adorned with a huge cross in the assembly room. Many schools are engraved or adorned with crosses. Until very recently, the public schools were classified under the Catholic school public school system or the Protestant school system. Even the national anthem invokes the cross in the French rendition: "il sait porter la croix.."

The pre-school program is a universal program, much like health care. Private and public facilities are entitled to it, as this is a socialist state, and this considered a universal right, not privilege, regardless of your race, colour or creed. Thats the law here.

What many of you ignoramus' fail to realize is that there is a small minority of white french supremacists that constantly harass people of other linguistic and religious groups that are not French Catholic. The masses are very provincial and prone to xenophobic tendencies, and are incited by ultra-nationalist journalists and media, which in turn leads to this type of story. ”

“ The issue is not "whoever has the money has the control", The issue is that they are targeting the Jews through the education system. For example: The French people are upset at the education dep't for agreeing to the request from the Jewish schools to teach the mandatory French courses on Sunday. ,They had to retract their decision because of these antisemites. ”

“ I don't think vouchers would be a problem in this regard. It would not be the schools that receive the funds but the individual parents. ”