September 17th, 2020

NDP Education critic statement on library technicians being taken away from York students

QUEEN'S PARK – NDP Education critic Marit Stiles made the following statement in response to the layoff of 30 library technicians from the York Catholic District School Board:

"My thoughts are with the students who will lose 30 supportive adults in their schools, and the 30 library workers, and their families, experiencing immense stress at being laid off during a pandemic.

Our schools are already facing too many kids and too few caring adults, making these layoffs especially damaging.

The Ford government is failing our children, teachers and education workers by refusing to invest in safer, smaller classes. We need many more – not fewer– staff to