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Critics, however, assailed the government for meddling in the business of parents and for ignoring a pressing funding crisis at Ontario schools.

Many parents I think, have no idea what their kids need to be healthy. More nutritional education for everyone. More PE, especially activities that focus on fitness rather than athleticism. (something that I never thought I'd say!) There's a lot of these grass-roots movements being made in the US, which include allowing kids to drink water or eat fruits and veggies at their desks and learning gardens & kitchens. It is too bad the government doesn't have the cash to implement such ideas and instead have to do the most lame of many possible solutions. Still, it's a start.

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