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Lyra Evans
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Elected trustee at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB), one of the eight boards placed under provincial supervision in 2025–26. Publicly stated that "it's really important that trustees continue to be in elected position" in response to the Ford government's governance restructuring agenda.
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The Ford government has tabled Bill 101 — the Putting Student Achievement First Act — replacing elected directors of education with CEOs requiring business credentials, gutting trustees' budget and bargaining powers, and mandating government-approved lesson plans in every classroom, while education unions warn it is a roadmap to corporate control of Ontario's public schools.
As an elected trustee at a board placed under provincial supervision, Evans has been directly affected by the Ford government's education governance overhaul and publicly advocated for the preservation of elected trustee roles in response to Bill 101 and its predecessor legislation.