The AG’s report makes this very clear. Capital funding to all school boards in the province has decreased by 34% since 2017. Meanwhile, construction costs in the City of Toronto alone have increased 54%. So costs are skyrocketing; govt funding is dropping like a rock. 3/11 - ThreadSky

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chandrapasma.bsky.social • 48 days ago

The AG’s report makes this very clear. Capital funding to all school boards in the province has decreased by 34% since 2017. Meanwhile, construction costs in the City of Toronto alone have increased 54%. So costs are skyrocketing; govt funding is dropping like a rock. 3/11

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chandrapasma.bsky.social•48 days ago

And just imagine what the impact of inflation has been on construction costs for rural and remote regions where supplies and skilled workers can be harder to access. 4/11

chandrapasma.bsky.social•48 days ago

According to the AG, if funding matched the provincial average prior to 2017 and took into account the change in construction costs, funding should have been almost double what it actually was in 2022-23. 5/11

chandrapasma.bsky.social•48 days ago

No wonder the Conservatives are fighting so hard not to release the size of their school repair backlog! 6/11
https://x.com/ChandraPasma/status/1836413639311372465

chandrapasma.bsky.social•48 days ago

The AG also noted that the Ministry of Education does not always follow its own criteria in deciding which new schools will get funding and does not document the reason why, something the residents of Wasaga Beach already knew. 7/11
https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/education-and-training/developer-got-town-officials-to-lobby-minister-for-new-school-at-1000-a-plate-fundraiser-confidential-report-9436036

chandrapasma.bsky.social•48 days ago

With regard to the TDSB specifically, the Board is dealing with a repair backlog of $4.1 billion. 9% of these repairs are urgent – building systems that are important to the operation of the building like boilers or fire alarms are in critical condition. 8/11

chandrapasma.bsky.social•48 days ago

55% of these repairs are deemed high but are still issues that are critical, they just aren’t “essential to operating the building” – brick work, ceilings, exterior windows. Maybe the building can keep operating, but I still don’t want a ceiling to fall on my kid’s head. 9/11

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