23 Feb Early learnin’ NDP style

This week month and next, as part of the Nova Scotia Department of Education’s Early Learning Campaign, the Dexter government distributed a variety pack of learning materials  — books, a CD, construction paper, plastic animals, bubbles, clay, scissors, and sundry other education-related items — to every Grade Primary student in the province Grade Primary students in the Annapolis, Cape Breton-Victoria, South Shore, and Strait regional school boards.

Best of all, the goodies all came packaged in a handy insulated orange lunch bag, suitable for use throughout the school year.

Subtle, eh? Early education for today’s families, you could call it.

No, the lunch bags do not come emblazoned with NDP logos. Just the colors.

Reasonable people may disagree about the value of sending home these learning materials. Personally, I’m fine with it. But packaging it all up in the governing party’s colors? That’s pretty slimy.

The NDP should reimburse the province for the cost of the lunch bags.