Public polling suggests school board trustees could be spared

By Gazette Staff

September 25th, 2025

BURLINGTON, ON

QP Briefing reports that: “A new public opinion poll finds Ontarians aren’t clamouring to eliminate school board trustees and are skeptical such a change would improve the education system.” More from CTV News:

“Abacus Data surveyed 2,000 Ontario residents on behalf of CUPE Ontario earlier this month. They find that only one in three respondents, 33 per cent, support doing away with elected trustees, while 36 per cent oppose the measure. Another 25 per cent are unsure.”

Doug Ford: Everything is just fine. I won three elections – they love me.

The NDP’s Education critic CHANDRA PASMA had this to say on those numbers: “It’s clear no one is buying what DOUG FORD is selling.

“Parents see right through this government’s blatant power grab and partisan games, and they know this government does not have our kids’ best interests at heart.”

Question for many people is: Will Doug Ford get rid of Speeding Cameras and school boards when the Legislature returns?  And how is he going to respond to the reports expected in October from the provincial Auditor General?

With the provincial Liberals leaderless and NDP leader Marit Stiles, scrambling to recover from the disappointing 68% vote from the membership on her leadership – her focus is going to be rebuilding the NDP inner circle – three of the big positions are now open.

Don’t expect Doug Ford to change all that much in the immediate future.  Unless that long-overdue RCMP report on the Greenbelt scandal gets released.