At the same time, significant concerns grew surrounding resource access for many Ontarians.  While some students could easily afford laptops and fast internet speeds, others were challenged with this access, causing serious problems in [wikipedia:Social stratification|socio-economic stratification] occurring through education.  This was further problematized under the conservative provincial government, which was voted into power in 2018.  Under this government, Education Minister Stephen Lecce made strong pushes to increase the number of required online courses, due to cheaper running costs.  Elementary and secondary school teachers, as well as college instructors, resisted increasing demands to move their courses online, stating that such moves would cause further educational stratification and be too complex to complete in an extremely short period of time.  There are even [https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2020/02/27/secret-government-reports-say-public-doesnt-like-fords-education-plans.html reports] that this conservative provincial government supressed poll results finding that parents, too, resisted increasing the number of required online courses.

At the same time, significant concerns grew surrounding resource access for many Ontarians.  While some students could easily afford laptops and fast internet speeds, others were challenged with this access, causing serious problems in [wikipedia:Social stratification|socio-economic stratification] occurring through education.  This was further problematized under the conservative provincial government, which was voted into power in 2018.  Under this government, Education Minister Stephen Lecce made strong pushes to increase the number of required online courses, due to cheaper running costs.  Elementary and secondary school teachers, as well as college instructors, resisted increasing demands to move their courses online, stating that such moves would cause further educational stratification and be too complex to complete in an extremely short period of time.  There are even [https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2020/02/27/secret-government-reports-say-public-doesnt-like-fords-education-plans.html reports] that this conservative provincial government supressed poll results finding that parents, too, resisted increasing the number of required online courses.