However, on Twitter, Pascal has criticized Thompson's statements, calling the increased class size the "opposite of what is needed." One way the province plans to do that is by boosting the average class size in high school. Boosting the average secondary class size to 28 would still see Ontario rank on the lower end of the spectrum. Saskatchewan has no class size limits at all, while in most of Manitoba the maximum class size is 35. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, however, says that as many as 20 per cent of high school teachers working in the publicly funded system could be affected.

Source: CBC News March 25, 2019 21:19 UTC