Ontario Education Minister Takes Aim at School Board Chair over $15 Shake, Other Expenses
- Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra criticized Markus de Domenico for filing questionable expenses, calling them a "shining example" of issues in school governance.
- Calandra stated that he may eliminate the role of trustee entirely due to governance concerns and financial mismanagement.
- De Domenico argued that Calandra's focus on his expenses is a response to his opposition to the minister's actions, claiming these actions silence parent voices.
- NDP education critic Chandra Pasma warned that eliminating trustees would take away parents' influence in children's education.
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Minister-appointed supervisors pore over trustee expenses as Ontario eyes axing role entirely
The supervisors appointed by Ontario's education minister to take control of several school boards are poring over the expenses of trustees and some are finding what the minister describes as questionable receipts.
Ontario education minister takes aim at Toronto school board chair over $15 shake, other expenses
The expenses of trustees at several Ontario school boards are under the education minister’s microscope, with claims for a $145 Apple watch band and a $15 milkshake providing particular fodder for a board shakeup that’s likely far from over.

Ontario education minister taking aim at school board chair, eyes axing trustee role
TORONTO — The supervisors appointed by Ontario's education minister to take control of several school boards are poring over the expenses of trustees and some are finding what the minister describes as questionable receipts.

Ontario education minister takes aim at school board chair over $15 shake, other expenses
The expenses of trustees at several Ontario school boards are under the education minister’s microscope, with claims for a $145 Apple watch band and a $15 milkshake providing particular fodder for a board shakeup that’s likely far from over.
Ontario education minister taking aim at school board chair, eyes axing trustee role – 105.9 The Region
TORONTO — The supervisors appointed by Ontario’s education minister to take control of several school boards are poring over the expenses of trustees and some are finding what the minister describes as questionable receipts. Paul Calandra told radio station NewsTalk1010 recently that expenses filed by Toronto Catholic District School Board Chair Markus de Domenico are a “shining example” of why he is making reforms to school board governance. Th…
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