“The great irony of self proclaimed activists is that most don’t do anything other than demand that other people take action” 

More from Michael below:

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Parents are seeking out alternatives to public school conflict.

Dan Miller, former NDP Premier points out the lunacy of the BCTF & Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson’s thinking.

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Dan Miller’s Province Editorial; Dan Miller: How will we pay for stuff without the resource sector?

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A typical Teacher/Environmentalist response;

Why are coal miners well paid?

I wonder if former NDP premier Dan Miller sees the irony in his comments about teachers in his op-ed on Sunday.

He suggests they have no right to ask for salary increases of 13 per cent while at the same time pushing for studies into coal shipments and health. He suggests that taxation on coal shipments will help pay their salaries. He then notes that coal companies pay average wages estimated in 2011 of $95,000 per year.

Of course, teachers make nowhere near that kind of money. (Salary in Nechako is 73 + 18 in benefits = $91,000 Editor Money Talks) Is it not the role of such educated professionals to suggest we research anything that may be harmful to the health of students, or our planet?

I wonder if the $95,000 a year coal industry worker would last a day in one of today’s classrooms?

Why is it okay for coal miners to earn such vast sums and for B.C. teachers to be paid so much less than teachers in other parts of Canada?

Mavis Lowry, Vancouver