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The reason for the protests in the education sector against Ontario Premier Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservatives is easy to understand.

It’s because they’re trying to fix problems former Liberal premier Kathleen Wynne and her government failed to address.

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Specifically, that costs in the education sector have been rising while enrolment and academic quality have been falling, with more than half of Grade 6 students, for example, failing to meet the provincial standard in math.

The myth that education in Ontario has been grossly underfunded over the years, created and sustained by the teacher unions, is simply inaccurate.

In 2017, the Fraser Institute, a conservative think tank, examined per student spending in Ontario public elementary and secondary schools over the previous decade.

Accounting for inflation, spending rose by 23.4% from $10,762 to $13,276 per student in constant dollars, while enrolment dropped by 110,000 students, or by 5.2%.