Green Party’s Aislinn Clancy endorsed as education-friendly
Posted Feb 23, 2025 08:47:22 AM.
Last Updated Feb 24, 2025 11:18:13 AM.
The most education-friendly candidate has been chosen for Kitchener Centre, according to two teachers’ unions.
The Green Party’s Aislinn Clancy has received some interesting endorsements ahead of the provincial election next week.
A local representative for the Elementary Teacher’s Federation of Ontario (ETFO WR) endorsed Clancy over the weekend and so did a representative for the local Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation, District 24 (OSSTF/FEESO).
Karen Littlewood, president of OSSTF/FEESO said the Green Party put forward a platform that “prioritizes students, investments in education and protection of essential public services.”
Littlewood added that the endorsement given shows their “confidence in (her) leadership, dedication, and commitment to the values and priorities that matter to our members and education.”
The Ontario Greens have a plan to increase per-student funding, by $1,500 which they say makes up for about $3.1 billion in cuts. They plan to reduce class sizes and fix some repair backlog issues.
Clancy herself was formerly a school social worker.
“I’m humbled and honoured to be endorsed by education workers across the riding,” she said in a media release. “Our school staff and kids need a government that sees education funding as an investment rather than an expense. Every day at work I will show the Kitchener Centre school communities that I have their back.”
Ontario heads to the polls Feb. 27.
