Québec solidaire criticizes Minister Jean-François Roberge for having spent millions of dollars of public money to install CO2 readers in the classrooms, without however using them to take corrective action in the schools where the quality of the air is bad.
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Opening the windows to reduce the level of carbon dioxide in a room, at the risk of students freezing in class due to the cold, should not be a permanent solution, argues MP Christine Labrie.
“I don’t understand why they invested millions of dollars to install CO2 readers, which can be a relevant tool in ventilation management, if they don’t use these results to make the necessary corrections ! she insists.
When electronic devices detect too high a concentration of carbon dioxide, the government must install air exchangers or buy air purifiers, added the member for Sherbrooke.
This is what Ontario has done, which has equipped its classrooms with 70,000 air purifiers to ensure better air quality and limit the risk of transmission of COVID-19 in schools.
Christine Labrie does not intend to let go. She finds it unacceptable that opening windows in the middle of winter is the only solution for better ventilation in schools.