Canadian public school board forbids student trips to U.S. because of unsafe political climate

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The Windsor, Ont. public school board is cancelling all student field trips to the United States because the current American political climate is considered too “unsafe” and unpredictable to permit cross-border travel.

“Paramount for us is student safety … we really don’t know what will happen to our students at the border,” said Clara Howitt, a superintendent with the Greater Essex County District School Board.

A “handful” of trips have already been nixed, with no school travel to America being allowed for the month of February. At the end of the month, the situation will be re-evaluated and decisions made on an individual basis, said Hewitt.

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http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/windsor-public-school-board-forbids-student-trips-to-u-s-because-of-unsafe-political-climate

I can't blame them

[Laffy Kat]

1. Good. Hope other provinces and countries follow suit.

We deserve it.

[etherealtruth]

11. Detroit and Windsor are very intertwined.

My office-mate is is a Canadian citizen and a resident of Windsor (our office is in metro-Detroit)... believe me, ordinary Canadians are very concerned about the political instability in the US.

[underpants]

2. But how are they going to learn about punting on 4th down?

Think of the children

[DK504]

6. LOL

[Barack_America]

3. For Windsor to do that is really something.

It's right across the river from Detroit, and the two cities are heavily economically-dependent on one another.

They also get our television news channels over there, so they feel our "political climate" nearly first-hand.

[IdiotsforPalin]

4. When has something like this ever happened before?

How embarrassing

[democratisphere]

5. OOOOhhhh Canada

We wish it were different for thee.....

[world wide wally]

7. But the important question is :

Can we get into Canada?

Pretty please?

[struggle4progress]

8. Americans respond:

"It's time to declare war on them and take Alaska back!"

"Who cares what an unimportant African country thinks?"

"I'll never drink Canada Dry again!"

[dembotoz]

9. Perhaps the concept of 1st graders detained at the border

Does not thrill them
Excellent teaching opportunities tho

[not fooled]

10. U.S. students

now need protection, too--from their own Dept of Ed, thanks to the installation this week of Secretary DeVoid.

[applegrove]

12. Yup. No point in going somewhere if the Muslim students are going

to be singled out. You don't do that with kids.