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Ontario Blocks
Parochial Funds
Toronto (TIA) — In a ruling that
has major significance for mi-
nority religious groups in On-
tario, the Ontario Court of Appeal
ruled that the provincial govern-
ment does not have to extend
funding to non-Roman Catholic
parochial schools.
The unanimous decision by
Chief Justice Charles Dubin and
four other justices rejected an ap-
peal brought by five Jewish moth-
ers with children in some of
Ontario's 25 Jewish day schools.
They had argued that the
province's policy of funding only
Catholic schools contravened
Canada's Charter of Rights and
Freedoms.
"The Education Act does not
draw any distinction based on re-
ligion, nor does it impose obliga-
tions or deny benefits based on
religion," wrote Mr. Dubin, who
is himself Jewish.
The judges also ruled that the
province is legally entitled not to
provide health-support services
for special-needs children in pri-
vate schools.
At a four-day hearing in Sep-
tember 1993, lawyers for the
plaintiffs argued that the gov-
ernment policy amounted to dis-
crimination based on religion.
In 1992, an Ontario court ruled
that the funding policy infringed
upon the parents' constitutional
rights but was a reasonable lim-
it in a free and democratic soci-
ety.
Tuition at Jewish schools here
ranges from approximately
$4,300 for primary grades to
about $7,200 for high school.
Catholic schools are free.
Provincial government fund-
ing for the separate Catholic
school system — which has both
Catholic and secular studies in
the curriculum — dates back to
the British North America Act of
1867, which guaranteed the sta-
tus of religious minorities in On-
tario and Quebec.
At that time, before the era of
mass immigration, Catholics
were the only significant minor-
ity in Canada.
In subsequent decades, Can-
ada became a multiethnic society.
Aside from Ontario, virtually
every province and territory pro-
vides some form of funding for
parochial schools.
For Jews, this translates into
partial assistance in British Co-
lumbia, Alberta, Manitoba and
Quebec.
The majority of Canada's
356,000 Jews, however, live in
Ontario.
Last week's decision — the lat-
est setback in a 30-year campaign
to win provincial government
funding for the secular curricu-
lum at Jewish parochial schools
— may be appealed to the
Supreme Court of Canada.
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