Ontario’s Education Minister Stephen Lecce says school board officials are not in the position to make public health decisions, and students across the province have the choice if they want to wear a mask or not.
Lecce’s comment comes following the decision by the city’s largest school board, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB), to reinstate a mask mandate for all staff, students, and visitors effective on April 13.
On April 12, eight trustees with the OCDSB voted in favour of a motion brought forward by trustee Mark Fisher of River/Gloucester-Southgate to bring back mask-wearing inside all schools and buildings under the board’s purview. Three others abstained and one opposed.
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