The Doug Ford government has dropped the ball for schools.
During a video conference Wednesday, Liberal leader Stephen Del Duca indicated that if the Liberal Party were in power, there would be certain things that would be in place:
- Make the COVID vaccine a universal requirement for students through the Immunization of School Pupils Act, and run in-school clinics to ensure access
- Ensure every classroom has HEPA filtration
- Establish a rapid testing program in schools
- Provide high quality masks for free to each student and education worker
- Shrink class sizes by making use of gyms and community spaces as temporary classrooms
- Implement strong vaccine mandates for education workers while prioritizing them for boosters
- Launch an education campaign to combat misinformation and promote vaccine confidence among parents
At one point, at the 17.40 mark in the video, the opposition leader said that he believes that parents have such low expectations of Doug Ford’s leadership;
…that people just kind of throw up their hands and say “oh my goodness, I guess this is the best we have for now”…
The full video can be watched below.
