Ben Carr for School Trustee in Ward 3

The Provincial Government launched this resource for families today. If you are a parent at home with your kids during the day, I would strongly suggest taking a look - even for those outside of Manitoba. In addition if any of you parents out there are struggling with learning at home and would like some advice from an educator, I am more than happy to call you and talk through circumstances. Don't hesitate to be in touch. https://www.edu.gov.mb.ca//mylea/learningathome/index.html

A reminder that there will be no voting tomorrow, as the election in Wards 3 and 4 have been suspended. Please share this message to help inform people who might be planning to go vote tomorrow. Below is a recent article I wrote about how educators can lead by helping families and students in this time of crisis. Please feel free to share this as well. https://www.nationalnewswatch.com//how-educators-can-take/

An important message for those following education related matters: the Minister of Education has announced that the government of Manitoba is holding off on its release of "significant" reform to the public education system until at least the Summer of 2021, due to the difficult of implementing new changes during uncertain times. https://twitter.com/mingoertzen/status/1240320411679830016

Hi Everyone, I have just received a notification to inform candidates that the by-election has been suspended until further notice. If you have already voted in this election, it is likely your vote will be nullified (because the next voting time must be held within 7 days of March 21st for votes already cast to count, and this is very unlikely), and a re-vote will take place at a later date, but I will wait for the City of Winnipeg to comment further.... Thank you to all of those who have supported my candidacy thus far and those who have engaged in the process, regardless of preferred candidate. I am proud of the campaign and I am thankful that I was able to put my name forward as a candidate. I am committed to bringing change to our Division, and hope that once the safety of our community is ensured, that we can get things up and running again. If you have any questions, please reach out to the City: [email protected] Take good care, Ben

Here is the Manitoba Governments new online screening tool: https://sharedhealthmb.ca/covid19/screening-tool/