After more than a month without buses at two Ontario school boards, a tentative deal has been reached, potentially bringing an end to weeks of transportation chaos for parents and their children.
Students at both the Renfrew County District School Board near Ottawa, and its Catholic counterpart, have been forced to find alternative ways of getting to class this year after the two boards failed to reach an agreement with bus companies before school resumed.
The two boards blamed the Ford government for the issue and said a lack of provincial funding to transport children to school left them in a pinch. For weeks, the boards and bus companies were deadlocked, with both sides adamant they couldn’t find common ground.
The government was asked to send the boards more money and refused, reiterating figures that show an increase in year-on-year funding for the boards.
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