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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
Dude you’ve lost the plot here. No one’s(or at least I’m not) suggesting taking away parents’ right to provide better educational options for their kids if they can afford it. In the case of private education though it is taking funding from the public system that would help significantly more kids with special needs. If hypothetically there were say 1000 special needs students in private education versus 20k in the public system, the money taken out of private school funding overall(from both the parents of kids with special needs and without) would provide an influx into the public system that would benefit way more kids who have no other options.
Maybe the parents of half of those special needs kids in private school wouldn’t be able to afford the private option anymore but the public option would be improved. The influx would be more than enough money to fund specials needs specific schools that all of those parents wouldn’t have to pay out of pocket for. You’re a good dude(your opinion on unions aside  ) and I know this isn’t your intention but I really feel that the special needs students argument is exploiting the struggles kids with special needs and their parent face to defend funding(subsidizing) private schools for the parents of kids without special needs and/or to pump up the profits for private schools. |
I haven't always agreed with you on union topics, but I don't think any reasonable person could ever say they think using the notwithstanding clause to impose a contract was good and right. It's offensive to all free people.
I think the government should continue to find private schools mostly for practical reasons - I think it saves public money and provides choice to families who couldn't otherwise afford it and in some cases really need it. But that's a matter on which reasonable people could disagree.
But no reasonable person thinks what the UCP did today is appropriate. I truly believe the government should stay out of people's business to the max extent possible, and this is absolutely the opposite of that. They're trampling the rights of thousands of teachers, and by extension all Albertans.