Milke and Van Pelt: Why private schools should receive equal funding

In the Calgary Herald, Cardus senior fellow Deani Van Pelt and Mark Milke argued that private schools should receive public funding in response to MLA Kent Hehr's assertion that "there is no need to subsidize elitist education for the wealthy, religious schooling for myriad different belief systems, or any other reason."

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