We don't have any PC policies on French schooling.
This is a page from the 2023 Manitoba general election.
Education platforms
Here's what the candidates in Brandon West, and their parties, are promising.French schooling
NDP
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Restore the Assistant Deputy Minister Position for French Education
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Recruit more French-language teachers
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Reverse cuts to French language education at the Université de Saint-Boniface
Indigenous learning
We don't have any PC policies on Indigenous learning.
NDP
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Appoint an Assistant Deputy Minister "for Indigenous Excellence"
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Provide more Indigenous language programmes in schools
International students
We don't have any PC policies on International students.
NDP
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Restore funding for international student health coverage
K-12 funding
We don't have any PC policies on K-12 funding.
Green
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Provide Lunch and up to one other meal per school day (Breakfast or Dinner) to all K-12 Students in Manitoba public schools, free of charge
NDP
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Give schools stable, predictable funding
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Reduce class sizes for younger grades so students can have more one-on-one attention
Learning needs
We don't have any PC policies on Learning needs.
NDP
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Hire more teachers and EAs for kids with additional needs
Parental rights and involvement
PC
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Require schools to inform parents of curriculum
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Require schools to involve parents when addressing bullying and pupil behaviour changes
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Require schools to get consent from parents before making, sharing, or storing any image of a student
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Require schools to notify parents before any presentations are made at school by outside presenters
We don't have any NDP policies on Parental rights and involvement.
Post-secondary costs and loans
We don't have any PC policies on Post-secondary costs and loans.
Green
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Work towards a target of all Manitoba Student Aid recipients receiving at least 50% of their funding in the form of non-repayable grants rather than loans
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Develop programs to structure repayment of Manitoba Student loans through an income-contingent repayment plan, based on the individual student's ability to pay
NDP
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Repeal Bill 33
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Provide more post-secondary grants and student aid
Post-secondary research
We don't have any PC policies on Post-secondary research.
NDP
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Increase funding to Research Manitoba
School curriculum
We don't have any PC policies on School curriculum.
Green
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Affirm that young people have the right to be educated on matters pertaining to their own bodies
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Condemn and prevent the suppression and censorship of educational materials informing youth about puberty, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and sexual health
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Condemn the suppression of books that feature queer individuals and issues
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Expand Manitoba's social studies curriculum to include an exploration of the history of the AIDS epidemic and its causes, including the government-sanctioned AIDS information suppression campaigns
NDP
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Update the K-12 curriculum with a focus on math and reading
School nutrition
We don't have any PC policies on School nutrition.
NDP
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Create a province-wide school nutrition programme
Student mental health
We don't have any PC policies on Student mental health.
Green
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De-emphasize and reduce the role of testing and quantitative evaluation in school, instead giving teachers the means to make more meaningful assessments of their students' progress
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Discontinue all standardised testing in Manitoba
We don't have any NDP policies on Student mental health.