Objections to separate or Catholic school funding by the Ontario government invariably surface during provincial election campaigns. Section 93 protects the rights of "Separate" or "Dissentient" schools (principally Roman Catholic schools) that existed in a province at the time of Confederation. Thus, the public schools were no longer permitted to advance even a non-denominational religious perspective, and so the reason for the special protection of Roman Catholic schools appears no longer to exist. Instead of ending the funding of separate schools, the province could extend funding to other religious schools. It appears, then, that the public funding of separate school system will continue for the foreseeable future.

Source: CBC News May 28, 2018 08:00 UTC