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Ontario’s education spending increased by more than 30 per cent over the past decade, according to the Fraser Institute, with the bulk of the money going towards teachers’ salaries, pensions ...
Parents, teachers and students formed human chains around their schools on Monday morning to protest government budget cuts. 1,300 workers from community groups are also protesting on Monday and ...
Capital spending on schools increased by 55%, from $4.9 billion to $7.6 billion during the same time period. It also increased from 8% of total spending in 2012-13 to 9.7% in 2020-21.
(And this data accounts for the effects of inflation). Specifically, per student spending in public schools in B.C. increased from $9,971 in 2004-05 to $11,797 in 2013-14.
Officials hoped to see more spending from the province on education, which saw a 1.3 per cent spending increase in Saskatchewan's 2022-2023 budget announced on Wednesday.