Teachers, parents react to Ontario throne speech

By News Staff

Posted February 19, 2013 6:42 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Parents as well as teachers, who have been the most vocal critics of the minority Liberal government, reacted to the throne speech on Tuesday.

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