A controversial case currently awaiting judgment from the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal could result in the forced closure of many Catholic schools in large parts of Canada, as Brett Graham Fawcett reports

A controversial case currently awaiting judgment from the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal could result in the forced closure of many Catholic schools in large parts of Canada, as Brett Graham Fawcett reports

When the Queen’s Bench for Saskatchewan found that it would be unconstitutional for the Government to continue providing funding for non-Catholics to attend Catholic schools, it shocked the Catholic teaching establishment across Canada. The implication was that non-Catholic parents who wished to send their children to Catholic schools would henceforth need to pay the tuition out of their own pockets, with no public support.

Last month, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal heard the arguments for and against the ruling in the so-called “Theodore case” of 2017. The case was being appealed by the Government of Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Catholic School Boards Association (SCSBA), along with several representatives of Catholic education from across Canada.

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