Maxim, I know from your previous postings that you see little hope in Canada's Estonian community surviving for any length of time but I hope you are wrong. I respect you and others who have chosen to move to Estonia but it is sad that we have lost so many young and active members of our community. I, on the other hand, see our community as a valuable part of the Canadian cultural mosaic and I hope that we are still here 100 years from now.
There is little point in arguing with those here who support the brainwashing of Canada's children by a lifestyle that attacks the institution of the family when we already have one of the world's lowest birth rates. One would think that the Canadian government would do everything in its power to promote strong families rather than teach impressionable youth that a social movement that did so much damage to ancient Greece and Rome is a positive role model to be promoted in every way.

In Catholic school, the Grade 10 curriculum for one student was: 3 math, 4 English, 4 religion, 2 science and 1 geography class. I was surprised to see more religious courses than almost any other. And having heard about what they learnt in those religion classes, it was not sympathetic towards other religious thoughts and beliefs. You may not like other religions, but one should respect them. Public schools have been "dumbed down" to meet the expectactions of many many parents - in earlier days, students were weeded out before they hit high school and skills training was offered as an alternative to those who had a different skills set or desires than that needed for university and "desk" jobs. Parenting skills are desperately needed for many parents - to teach their kids about things outside the school curriculum, like tolerance, understanding and yes, your personal religious beliefs. So I think that more separate schooling is going to splinter this world even further. Perhaps, instead, we need to work harder to fix the public school system.

This problem is not going to be solved via the usual channels. There is no need to start another foreign language school unless there is enough pressure from a grassroots level to convince the govt. it is absolutely necessary. Unfortunately, the third generation of Estonian language speakers has dwindled to the point where it is almost impossible to prove the need for such a school. This is multiculturalism in reverse.

Sweden has had an Estonian school since 1945 when the Stokholmi Eesti Algkool was founded. There was also an Estonian school in Sigtuna but I don't know if it still exists. Estonian schools have also existed in Russia and Germany so why not have one in Canada too? I have yet to uncover any evidence that proves that Estonian-language education has harmed any of these countries as my critics seem to believe.

We already have 6 different educational systems in Ontario. 1. English Public 2. English Catholic 3. French Public. 4. French Catholic. 5. Private 6. Native (Indian) Canadian. Would it really make much of a difference if some of the money that taxpayers pay anyways be put into religious/ethnic schools? Are those leftists who run our public schools so afraid that parents will start pulling their children out of these schools and put them in private schools? Many parents already do so at great expense. Since public schools have started teaching homosexuality, beastiality and other lifestyles that conflict with the values of parents who have been horrified at what their children are being taught, we have seen many Christian, Jewish and Muslim schools started in Ontario. I was surprised by how many Christian schools now exist in rural Ontario and have come in contact with them as many are clients of the company that I work for.
It would make the most sense to set up an Estonian Lutheran school since most Estonians here are Lutheran but there should also be input from Orthodox, Baptists, Taara and other faiths. Religion could be taught on a rotational basis including all of the above. Some subjects could be taught in English, others in Estonian. French would also be taught as a 3rd language.
As we now live in a globalized world, like it or not, speaking a second language makes a lot of sense and it would give the children of Estonian-Canadians the chance to integrate in either Estonia of Canada and use their language skills in international business between the 2 countries.

Our educational system should prepare students for a productive life in the context of Western civilization based on Judeo-Christian values. Marx, Hitler and Mohamed are not a part of that.
Peter's Estonian schools would teach Holocaust denial and Hitler worship, much like Ahmadinejad's Farsi schools. So what if it proceeds in Estonian? Thanks; but, we don't need it!

Wow! It is hard to believe that people are finally discussing a subject that I have been advocating for years. Although my comments about getting back the right to have non-English/French schools like we had before the war have fallen on deaf ears or been responded to with ridicule I am very happy to see that this issue has now become part of the Ontario election.
Our public schools have degenerated into extremist brain-washing camps that teach every manner of perversion and are trying in every way to hasten the decline of our Western culture so it is no wonder that parents do not want their children in such schools. Money is a non-issue since we all pay for education through our property taxes and I would rather have my taxes spent on a school that teaches in my language rather than in the languages of England or France.
Will any Estonian churches sponsor such a school? I think it would be a great idea. Tory has my vote and I hope that all Estonians in Ontario vote for him.

The Tory bus is bio diesel

If Tory is willing to fund other religious schools is he willing to give some money to Eesti Kool which now get's no federal dollars? Maybe we can re-name it something religious?