![]() ![]() In 1999, the UN declared Ontario's funding of Catholic schools discriminatory under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.Ĭatholic education in Ontario is constitutionally protected under section 93 of the British North America Act. Ontario is the sole province in Canada that publicly funds a separate Catholic school system without providing public funding for other independent religious schools, as in Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C. The matter will be heard in front of a London court on Friday and comes at a time when there is a growing movement to merge Ontario's Catholic education system with its secular counterpart. Steel's affidavit said that, if the exception is not granted, the board will not have enough trustees to make decisions on critical issues and will be unable to carry on business. (Ontario Catholic Schools Trustees' Association) "I don't think it would be appropriate for me to publicly comment or answer questions until the application has been heard and addressed by the court," board chair Linda Steel, seen in this 2018 photo, told CBC News in an email. "I don't think it would be appropriate for me to publicly comment or answer questions until the application has been heard and addressed by the court," she wrote. Linda Steel, the board chair and the only trustee who hasn't declared a conflict of interest, told CBC News via email on Monday she was unable to answer questions about the case. The application by the board, filed in a London, Ont., court in January, seeks a legal exemption because seven out of its eight trustees cannot participate, discuss, review, ratify or vote on the board's $312 million budget, or collective agreements governing its 2,700 unionized employees - creating an irresolvable impasse. The onus is on the trustees themselves to declare any conflict of interest for the sake of transparency. Ontario school board trustees must adhere to the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, a law designed to hold elected officials to the highest levels of accountability, independence and integrity when it comes to public decision-making. His mother, who is also married to vice chair Gabe Pizzuti, works as an occasional teacher with the LDCSB and is a member of the OECTA bargaining unit. Matt Pizzuti has a brother is a teacher who works for the LDCSB and a member of the OECTA bargaining unit. ![]() Josh Lamb has sister who is a teacher with the LDCSB and a member of the OECTA bargaining unit.John Jevnikar has a daughter who works as an occasional teacher employed with the LDCSB and is a member of the OECTA bargaining unit.Mary Holmes has a daughter who is a teacher with the LDCSB and a member of the OECTA bargaining unit.Bill Hall has a daughter who works as a secretary with the LDCSB and is a member of the bargaining unit represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).Sandra Cruz has a daughter who works for the LDCSB as a temporary classroom support worker and is a member of the OECTA bargaining unit.Pizzuti's wife is an occasional teacher with the LCDSB and a member of the union's bargaining unit. Vice chair Gabe Pizzuti has a son who works as a teacher for the LCDSB and also sits on the bargaining unit for the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association (OECTA).The London Catholic District School Board is seeking a court exemption from Ontario's conflict of interest laws after seven out of its eight board members recused themselves on critical labour and financial issues, due to close family ties to teachers' unions, board staff and, in some cases, both.Ĭourt filings from the school outline each board member's self-declared conflicts of interest as follows:
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