Purposeful Ramblings Through My Mind

I know that BC does not have a provincially-run Catholic School Board. To be honest, I thought the only places in Canada to still have that were Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba. The public education system here is completely secular. There is partial funding for independent schools, though... be they exclusive private schools or local religious schools. However, those schools do not have to hire BC Certified teachers... although the teachers do have to be liscenced through the independant/charter schools system. The independent schools are monitored by the Provincial Government to ensure they comply with B.C. educational standards, but this does give significant lee-way. And some question the level of observation, since Bountiful (an extremist mormon community in Creston) has gotten away with some pretty heinous levels of high-school completion, espeically for girls.

I disagree with the government fully funding religious-based education. While it would be opt in, does that mean we will also provide opt-in education for Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Mormon, Jewish, Pasgan, etc., education? Where/when do we start drawing the line? Where/when does that start becoming discriminatory to minorities who might not have the numbers in an area to allow for a school directed towards their education? As far as I'm concerned, religious education is what catechism, Sunday School, Church and parental involvement are for.