democracy Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:49:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg democracy Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Toronto Kids Learn Lessons At City Hall https://teachingkidsnews.com/2012/01/17/toronto-kids-learn-lessons-at-city-hall/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2012/01/17/toronto-kids-learn-lessons-at-city-hall/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:30:27 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=4973 Yesterday, some schoolkids in Toronto learned first-hand what democracy is all about.

Toronto’s mayor, Rob Ford, was proposing some cuts to the city’s budget.

He said many of the city’s services should go on the chopping block to balance the city's budget, including closing down services at: 10 arenas, three daycares, three shelters, a city zoo and a farm on Toronto Island.

The city also proposed cutting services like swimming lessons at five swimming pools in Toronto schools. That could potentially lead to the pools being closed in the future.

The parents and kids at those schools went into action to try to prevent the budget cuts.

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The official count of votes said he won with a clear majority of the votes (more than 50 per cent) but many people believe that his supporters stuffed the ballot boxes with false voting cards and that he really shouldn’t be President.

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