Also, while Canada is largely secular, some of the immigrants that he talks about may come from religious countries or be religiously-minded and may actually like the option of a publicly-funded religious school system. I teach at a school with a large immigrant population and many chose the Catholic system because they wanted religious values to be part of their child's education. Some of those families are Christian, many are Muslim. There are also many non-religious families who chose a Catholic school because they prefer our board's philosophies on education and how we run our system, where we direct our money, etc. compared to the public board. In a land of freedom such as Canada, choice is a good thing.