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“But that’s exactly the way that I felt after reading emails and talking to teachers after I simply chronicled the list of the BCTF’s contract demands.”
“Does anyone even know what issues are being negotiated?”
“The massage demand alone could potentially cost $120 million a year!”
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“How many times have you heard that BC’s per student funding for education is almost $1000 less than the national average.”
“Per student funding numbers are not a reflection of money spent on class size or composition” “pensions, massages, orthotics, professional days, maternity leave…..”
Most importantly, there is no research that concludes that more spending equates to better education
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Michael looks at the impending consequences of the BC Teachers Strike, the demand for increased taxes on the rich & the consequences that those moves by Governments have had in the past….
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The US State Departments report on the Keystone Pipeline has concluded that the new pipeline will not have any material impact on the development of the Canadian Oil Sands, demand for Oil or Global Warming. But here is the part you should note……
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Two full work weeks per year in traffic delays!
A recent study says that if your Vancouver commute is only 30 minutes, that over the course of a year you will spend a total 87 hours in traffic delays……
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