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Finance Minister Nate Horner was on 770 this morning just after 9:30 AM and summarized it as:

- Teachers proposal is "shooting for the moon", an additional $2B on top of the $2.6B already offered.
- Teachers want classroom complexity addressed with language around class caps which Horner thinks are impossible (I have an easy solution to this issue*).
- Additional $2B is about half wage increases and half complexity being addressed.
- Still wants a negotiated deal and would rather have teachers be part of the agreement rather than legislating us back (I read this as wanting us to accept the government's next offer because 'they're just going to legislate us back anyway'.)
- Anticipates that once legislature is back in session on the 27th they would start the process to mandate teachers back quickly if there isn't an agreed-upon settlement.


*Easy solution to class caps - funding for the students above the cap goes straight to the teacher. I'm sure they'll find a way in no time to get the class sizes under control.