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Ontario billionaire under fire for arguing poor people shouldn't be able to vote (www.blogto.com)

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It's Shopify's Tobi Lutke.

A reminder that he's behind Build Canada and Build Toronto, and that Build Toronto's Eric Lombardi is running for the Ontario Librral Party leadership as we speak.

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[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Income level is highly correlated with high school grades. Students from poor households are far more likely to fall below standards on reading, writing, mathematics, and science.

[-] ProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Except for East Asian students in the Canadian system. There is obviously something more than economic status that is going on. It is also a cultural thing. In households were education is a priority and expectations are higher, such as the East Asian culture, the gap is diminished.

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

There are plenty of low income Asian students who do not do so well in school. They just don’t live in Canada. Asian students who live in Canada are from a highly selected group of migrant families.