Subhead:Alberta taxpayers are currently on the hook for about $600 million per year to educate the children of non-permanent residents.#
Head of the Alberta Teachers’ Union Jason Schilling stated, “Children do not choose their immigration status and should not be denied an education because of it.”
The first part is true. Kids don’t choose their immigration status. The second part is false. Nobody is being denied an education. Some temporary residents in Alberta may have to pay some of the bill for their kids if their kids attend Alberta schools, however.
Schilling is referring to some of the proposals regarding immigration being posed in the referendum to be held on October 19th in Alberta. If Albertans vote yes and the government follows through, it could lead to fees for temporary residents to put their children in public schools.
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