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Allegations of abuse at a Saskatoon private Christian school show the need to reconsider the goal of public education in Saskatchewan.

"From our perspective, this was about parental choice," he said. "If the funding didnt come with the child, there would be a practical barrier for parents who wish to choose a Catholic faith-based education for their children." The court battle launched in 2005 led to a landmark decision in 2017, in which Saskatchewan Court of Queens Bench Justice Donald Layh ruled it was unconstitutional for the province to fund non-Catholic students at Catholic schools. Funding "non-minority faith students" ...

Article content The Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear an appeal of a Saskatchewan court ruling that upheld public funding for non-Catholic students attending Catholic schools, putting an end to a long legal battle between the province’s public and separate boards. In a decision published on Thursday, the nation’s highest court rejected Good Spirit School Division’s application for leave to appeal in what’s come to be known as the Theodore case. That spares the provincial government f...