A heated debate in the Ontario legislature on Thursday, with the Ford government accused of neglecting students and teachers.

Interim Liberal Leader John Fraser called on Premier Doug Ford to “stand up for kids,” demanding a billion-dollar investment in education and hiring 10,000 support staff.

“When will the premier do the simple math and make sure we have enough adults in our schools, qualified adults, to take care of our kids?” asked Fraser.

That drew a fiery response from Ford, who said it was the Liberals who voted to close 600 schools and fire thousands of teachers, calling it “hypocrisy at its best,” a comment which he was eventually asked to withdraw.

“They destroyed the school system. That’s what they did! We’re improving it, we’re actually teaching kids about STEM. You wanna

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