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Originally Posted by Derek Sutton
The phased approach to classroom caps is great in theory, but logistically impossible to control or implement in the proposed time frame. More EA’s in every classroom is the most reasonable, efficient and economical solution, but certainly not a “union favourable” solution. With the ATA refusing mediation, the province with starve the teachers out until many will have no choice but to accept a contract because they need to be paid.
Personal anecdote, young next door neighbours both husband and wife are teachers, four and two years in the job. And not to get too much into their finances, but, well going a full month with no paycheques will take them months to recover. He told me two months no paycheques will take them a year to catch up.
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Impossible? Maybe. Come to the table with something that is possible. A different time frame or a different formula. The class caps are not impossible. We know that.
Of course the reason it is hard is because of the way this government has acted. Failure to build tax base, failure to build revenue through investment, failure to budget, failure to diversify.
If their posture with teachers is to starve them out, it will be yet another failure. Albertans like yourself with neighbours and possibly children that our government has become embattled with should be outraged. The election is not that far away.