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Michael Zwaagstra: Waterloo School Board’s Sidelining of Trustee Is an Affront to Democracy

Michael Zwaagstra: Waterloo School Board’s Sidelining of Trustee Is an Affront to Democracy
Waterloo Region District School Board trustee Mike Ramsay. Handout
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It’s now been more than two months since Mike Ramsay, a duly elected trustee in the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB), was effectively fired. However, he wasn’t removed by the voters, but rather by six of his fellow trustees. This was very strange, to say the least.

Michael Zwaagstra
Michael Zwaagstra
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Michael Zwaagstra is a public high school teacher and a senior fellow with the Fraser Institute. He is the author of “A Sage on the Stage: Common Sense Reflections on Teaching and Learning.”
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