Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra has previously criticized the º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøCatholic board chair for expensing items such as a milkshake or takeout food.
Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra has previously criticized the º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøCatholic board chair for expensing items such as a milkshake or takeout food.
Education Minister Paul Calandra is asking the chair of the º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøCatholic board to return almost $7,000 worth of board equipment.
Calandra has previously for expensing items such as a milkshake or takeout food — though de Domenico said they were purchased during a meeting with a parent or during board business. He has also accused the education minister of targeting him given that he has been so outspoken about the .
Under provincial supervision, trustees are stripped of their powers, and some have had to and board offices. (Catholic trustees, however, do retain control over religious issues.)
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In a letter sent to de Domenico on Monday, Calandra said that “given your repeated public statements that you have no office and that, since the supervisor’s appointment, your role as trustee is limited solely to denominational issues, please arrange to return the following items purchased with taxpayers’ dollars.”
The items include headphones, a TV sound bar, wireless speakers, AirPods, an external hard drive, a cellphone case and several screen protectors, chargers, a desk and an Apple watch band, the letter says.
The province has taken over the º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøCatholic, º£½ÇÉçÇø¹ÙÍøpublic, Dufferin-Peel Catholic, Ottawa public and Thames Valley public boards, citing financial mismanagement, though trustees have argued that large deficits arose because of years of government underfunding.Â
Kristin Rushowy is a Toronto-based senior writer covering
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