Alberta private-school funding under fresh scrutiny amid historic teachers’ strike | Unpublished
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Author: Matthew Scace
Publication Date: October 8, 2025 - 21:00

Alberta private-school funding under fresh scrutiny amid historic teachers’ strike

October 8, 2025

Alberta’s decades-old practice of partly funding private schools is coming under fresh scrutiny as public schools sit empty with teachers on strike for the third day this week.

On Tuesday, a citizen-initiated petition was approved by Alberta’s chief electoral officer that would ask if the Government of Alberta should stop allocating public funds to accredited independent schools.



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