Majority continue to oppose public funding for Catholic schools
March 2, 2016 @ 7:30 PM | Filed under: Ontario, Social Issues
Levels steady since last summer
TORONTO March 1st - In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll™ among 1148 Ontario voters, more than half disagreed that Catholic schools should continue to receive public funding (52%), while fewer than 4-in10 agreed they should continue to be funded (38%). One tenth do not have an opinion. These results are almost identical to those noted last summer (July, 2015, disagree - 51%, agree - 38%, don't know - 11%).
Those who agree with public funding for Catholic schools tend to be mid aged (45 to 64 - 41%), mid income groups ($60K to $80K - 46%), in eastern Ontario (47%) and among the less well-eductaed (some college or university or less - 41%).
"Disagreement with Catholic school funding has been remarkably stable since we first started tracking it four years ago. It's one of those issues that bubbles beneath the surface of Ontario public life, but never really goes away," said Forum Research President, Dr. Lorne Bozinoff.
Lorne Bozinoff, Ph.D. is the president and founder of Forum Research. He can be reached at lbozinoff@forumresearch.com or at (416) 960-9603.
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