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#bill-33

Fraser said it seemed like Education Minister Paul Calandra was hiding something amidst claims the results were being held for further analysis. There is no reason for him to withhold those tests, said Fraser, adding the tests are an important teaching tool for educators and children. There's no discernible reason unless the results are just a reflection of the fact that class sizes are too large and special education has been starved.

A controversial new law that will give Ontario's education minister more power over school boards and other facets of the education system has passed in the province's legislature. Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government passed the Supporting Children and Students Act, also known as Bill 33, on Wednesday and it received royal assent a day later. The legislation grants Education Minister Paul Calandra the power to place school boards under provincial supervision when they "fall off the rails," as he said Wednesday.