Finance committee  I think, by our estimates, it's in excess of $1 billion a year.

Finance committee  Schools are a publicly funded entity. Right now what we're doing, and also the government, is paying transfer payments to each of the provinces to make sure that these types of services happen, but then the money keeps going around and around. One thing we really have noticed i

Finance committee  From our association's perspective, each of the provinces has a different approach to it. But we all agree that the research shows that investment in children at an early age helps in their success, not only through school but beyond, especially with special needs students and st

Finance committee  Thank you very much. Our concern is that there's an increased number of students coming into the system. It has caused a new dynamic of pressures in delivering the programs in our schools. Again, it's one of those areas where education is a provincial jurisdiction and immigratio

Finance committee  That makes it more important, doesn't it? I think what we're after is for more support in the areas of immigrant children and the supports for them. We realize that the provincial governments are responsible for the direct educational costs. The immigration is an added cost to t

Finance committee  Finally, CSBA supports modernizing the Copyright Act; however, we need clarity on the issue of digital rights and on students’ and teachers’ use of Internet materials in the classroom for educational purposes. The CSBA endorses the amendments put forward by the Council of Ministe

Finance committee  Thank you. The Canadian School Boards Association represents school boards across the country. Our members are the provincial school board associations that provide direct support to boards that in turn govern the range and quality of educational services in Canada's public scho