More than 30,000 people from throughout Ontario were at Queens Park to protest education cuts Saturday
More than 30,000 people brought a message to Queens Park over the weekend, that proposed changes to Ontario's education system should receive a failing grade.
Five busses departed from Windsor early Saturday morning, delivering 230 teachers, students and concerned citizens to Toronto, according to Adelina Cecchin.
Cecchin tells AM800 News it was exhilarating to see so many people united against inflated class sizes, a possible shift to e-learning, and cuts to autism programs.
"It was impactful, it was meaningful, it really gave a focus to people and it started to say, what's happening to public education? We started to feel that we can reclaim some of our power in trying to define where public education is going," says the president of the Greater Essex Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario.
Tweets from Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford dismissed the protest, saying PC's will not be distracted, "from making the necessary reforms to create a sustainable, world-class education system."