The improbable world of human rights may yet see enormously-endowed private schools like Branksome Hall and Upper Canada College eligible to apply for free food from the City’s School Nutrition Program. That’s the plan that makes sure children in poor areas are getting breakfast. It is said to be possible that some private schools would apply and be approved. Starving children at the Mt. Pleasant Rd. campus of Branksome, where tuition is about $35,000 a year, may seem too detached from reality to bother most people, but the City Solicitor made the decision under pressure from those who find value in such concerns. In fact, some private schools based on religion may well apply and be approved. Here’s what the ever-equitable Joe Mihevc (Ward 21) had to say: “If you have a social equity program, you cannot distinguish on the basis of religion, or geography, or whether they are a publicly-funded or not publicly-funded school.” CBC
