As the Ford government celebrates investing nearly a billion dollars in new schools this fall, critics are slamming the province for ignoring the repair bill for rapidly aging existing schools.

From leaky roofs to broken boilers, Ontario schools are facing a lengthy to-do list that comes with $16 billion price tag, with Toronto’s tab sitting at $4.5 billion. Despite that, the province is celebrating building 25 new schools and 16 school additions that are set to open this fall.

“The minister is being pretty disingenuous to talk about the new schools but not talk about the more than $16 billion repair backlog,” says NDP MPP Education Critic Chandra Pasma.

The government spent $889 million to build the new and renovated schools across the province, six of which are in Toronto. They say it

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