Poll watch: Make education essential

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POLL WATCH — Amid rocky negotiations with school workers, fresh polling data suggests most Ontarians want the PCs to make education an essential service — effectively wiping out their ability to strike.

Per Maru Public Opinion, 59 per cent of respondents believe education should be an essential service. That would also settle any labour d…