Ontario’s crackdown on cellphones and vaping in schools met with mixed reaction [Video]

The Ford government announced Sunday it will introduce new limits on cellphone use and ban vaping devices in schools, as it moves to reduce distractions in the classroom.

Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce said Sunday the province would implement the plan in the fall, calling it the “toughest policy in Canada.” But the announcement has been met with mixed reaction from parents and critics.

“I think that the ban is a good idea. Enforcing it is an entirely other matter. They’re trying to reverse what has become a cultural norm,” one man told Global News.

On Sunday, the education minister also said the provincial code of conduct would be updated to standardize the approach to banning vapes in schools. But a device being used to detect vaping at six public high schools in Peel Region are causing alarm because of privacy concerns.

Caryn Lieberman and Colin D’Mello reports on that approach.

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