Ontario premier tasks Ministry of Education with investigating TDSB field trip

The Canadian Press Ontario’s Ministry of Education is investigating a Toronto District School Board field trip that saw students from 15 schools attend a protest on mercury contamination that is affecting a First Nation community in the north. Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday he had asked Education Minister Jill Dunlop to investigate, saying kids shouldn’t be at protests, they should be in school learning math, spelling, geography and history. The TDSB has launched its own investigation, but Dunlop says in a statement that the board has failed to take swift and decisive action and she wants to see those responsible held accountable. TDSB says in a written statement that it is doing a review of field trip procedures and told schools that students should not be participating in organized protests,…

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