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[gotmilk]

Thanks, In retrospect I should have first asked if Canada has similar areas, with associated problems, as the United States has in regards to slum, slum area -- (a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions).

Thinking now I can't recall any PBS shows, like those filmed in England, filmed in Canada that included "slum areas" as part of the landscape.

Since the United States public is delivered near zero accounts of events in England and Canada via the daily tv news reports except for sensational events like terror attacks or the latest Monarch or Lady Gaga scandal, I have no idea if those slums in England exhibit the type of violence seen in the United States, for extreme example Chicago.

WAIT... My bad, as I made two dummies.

First, I'm off topic since my focus was the availability of First Grade into High School education, is it the same level of deliverance throughout Canada... which was answered in the reference links you supplied "Before 1998 [was] considered inequitable, since boards with large property tax bases were able to raise more money than boards with access to small tax bases."

Second, I associated violence with guns, which Canada's just-the-opposite as the United States "guns for all" approach needs a different qualifier for violence in Canada's slums, if they exist. Seems "gangs" exist everywhere in all nations, dealing with illegal trade of things, but here in the United States many (most?) members of gangs are just young men carrying guns without any commerce dealings. (not sure)

How is education funded in Ontario?
FUNDING FOR EDUCATION IS A PROVINCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

In 1997, the provincial government developed a funding formula for education. Before 1997, kindergarten to grade 12 education was paid for through a combination of provincial funding and funding from local property taxes. When education was funded through local property taxes and school boards were able to decide on tax rates for education, boards with a “richer” tax base (e.g. larger urban centres) had much more money to spend on education than boards with a very small tax base.

One of the goals of the provincial funding formula was to make education funding more equitable across the province. Many adjustments have been made to the formula since 1997, but the basic structure of the formula remains.




Chicago Isn’t Even Close to Being the Gun Violence Capital of the United States.