COLLINS – BCTF victory on bargaining class sizes won’t come cheap
(ArmchairMayor.ca file photo)
NOTHING COMES FREE these days. I suppose in reality nothing ever came without a price of some sort. But last week’s Supreme Court of Canada decision to give B.C. Teachers’ bargaining rights over class size and composition will be a huge outlay for the government, and in the end, you and I, the taxpayer.
A report done a while back indicated that if the teachers won their lawsuit, almost 60 teachers would have to be hired in order to provide for the changes that would result. The cost is in the millions of dollars. Not to mention that some long-closed schools would possibly have to reopen. And that’s just in our school district.
Read more of Doug Collins’ editorial here.
ArmchairMayor.ca 
It was the government and specifically Christy Clark that created this whole mess, I wonderered how the teachers would end up being blamed for this and now have seen the beginning of that in this article. The government should have put the money saved frfom programmes being cut, class size increases, teachers losing positions, kids not receiving the support they needed, etc. into a fund to recreate the progranmmes/support that has been lacking all these years instead of using extra money to increase support for private schools. Thumbs up for the Supreme Court’s decision – not that I think this government intends to do anything about it.
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The decision might not cost anything unless there is also a court order forcing the BC Libs to comply. Get ready for the big stall because surprise, Cristy Crunch and her bunch don’t support public education!
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That Supreme Court of Canada back in Ottawa…what are they thinking in the East…WhatsApp with meddling with out affairs here in the best place on Earth?
On the other hand, this decision is telling about the way we have been governed.
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