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[–] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Your taxes don’t pay for the catholic board unless you designate them as such

Edit: I was slightly misinformed about this

https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/property-taxes-fund-less-than-half-of-ontarios-education-budget-248865

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Really? Thank the gods if that's true. 😂👍

[–] fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The downvotes on my comment made me double check and I’m slightly misinformed. You can direct where your property taxes go, but property taxes only make up a third of our education budget. Time to get those pitchforks back out.

https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/property-taxes-fund-less-than-half-of-ontarios-education-budget-248865