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The fact is, Stelmach is unaccountable.
He can throw teachers in front of the Human Rights Commissions, raise (then lower) taxes on booze and smokes, institute soviet-style minimum drink prices SIMPLY to appease (and tick off) various groups at different times, and he knows it won't matter.

In the end, he's still the one with 70+ seats in the legislature.

Here's the problem (for me at least). I have always been a PC supporter, but since bill 44 directly impacts me as a teacher, I've been so annoyed that I let my PC membership lapse, and am not sure I can vote for them next election.

I agree with 90% of what the WRA had in it's platform (at least before the last election), but when it came to 'fixing' the unbroken education system, it looked like they were proposing some sort of American No Child Left Behind Act (More standardized testing, less money etc).

So as of now, to me, WRA are scary.

So First Lady, I know you like to gauge opinion for your party, and I know I am way off topic now, but I'll tell you this much: There are a lot of my colleagues who feel the same as I do. Perhaps if you made your party palatable to those who actually work with students (as opposed to bigwigs in the Fraser Institute), you'd have a heck of a lot more votes.

PS, Contrary to popular belief, most teachers aren't socialists.