Nothing Matters But Capital

The Toronto Catholic School Board responded to the news of a $34.3 million shortfall in funding by announcing that it would lay off fourteen principals, eight vice-principals, twelve high school special education teachers, thirty education assistants and four elementary guidance counsellors. The Board of Trustees have been forced to cut their annual salary of $18,000 by five per cent. Furthermore, a few small schools will be closed. All religious belief in the world won't make any difference to capital in the time of a slump. The owners' stash of cash must be protected above all else in a profit system, even at the expense of educating our children. John Ayers