Toronto MPP Bhutila Karpoche used her umbrella to shield herself from heavy rain Monday morning when she walked over to a high school in her riding to speak with Grade 10 students. The last thing she expected was to need to use it inside.
Karpoche told CP24 that when she arrived at Humberside Collegiate Institute she was advised there would be a “short delay” before she could head over to the auditorium.
“Not only does this disrupt learning, but it's also a major accessibility barrier and safety concern,” she wrote. During Wednesday afternoon’s Question Period, a heated exchange took place between Karpoche and Ontario’s Minister of Education Stephen Lecce when she asked him what is being done across the province to fix schools, like Humberside, which she said is in “desperate need of major repairs.”
He said the Doug Ford government has doubled funding to build more schools and that since 2018 they’ve recommended that 2.5 per cent of the provincial budget, to the tune of $1.4 billion annually, be dedicated to school maintenance. Lecce, meanwhile, urged her to stand up to the boards of education, which he said are “hoarding cash” and not upholding their “obligations under law to make sure kids are learning in safe spaces.”The TDSB, meanwhile, said that facilities staff are on site at Humberside CI and “will be investigating what caused the leak, which spokesperson Ryan Bird said occurred “over one of the stairwells.”
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