A Toronto man whose children are in Jewish private schools has filed a complaint with the U.N. Human Rights Commission, saying that Ontario’s provincial government should fund all religious schools, not just those that are Roman Catholic.
Arieh Waldman spends $14,000 annually to educate his two children.
In January, the Supreme Court of Canada heard arguments on the subject from Jewish and other minority groups in the province.
The court is expected to rule soon on whether public funding of private religious schools should be extended in Ontario.
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