October 6 - So it Begins - The Alberta Teacher Strike

[Amethyst]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

Funding private schools takes money away from funding for public schools. If private schools can operate profitably without public assistance and produce good results on their own then great. If they can’t then there is no reason to be using tax dollars to fund them.

-Anything the government funds, that is not a public school, takes away from public school funding.

-Independent schools in Alberta must be not for profit, if they take any government funding.

-About 40% of the funding is for schools that are early childhood programs (for children with complex learning needs).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTIjlkiKabI&t=3364s

Discussion starts about 42 minutes in.

[Point Blank]

Canvassers have been distributing lawn signs and collecting signatures for the recall and defunding private school petitions at the PetroCanada near Cougar Ridge in Calgary-Bow. It seems to have been quite busy and my neighborhood now has tons of lawn signs for public education.

[Wolven]

Originally Posted by malcolmk14

Gil McGowan, President of the Alberta Federation of Labour:

Oh man. Good job, Gil!

I think Smith and the UCP are tone deaf enough that they are going to push ahead and use the Notwithstanding Clause. Smith has had a hard-on to flex this authoritarian power since she got into the big seat.

If this leads to a general strike, that would be the biggest failure of a Canadian government in the last half-century. I wonder if that would be enough to fracture the UCP. You would have to think that a number of those backbenchers would start feeling the heat and seeing that their political careers are not going to survive this stunt.

If we can recall sticky nicky at the same time then that would be epic.

[Wolven]

Originally Posted by Point Blank

Canvassers have been distributing lawn signs and collecting signatures for the recall and defunding private school petitions at the PetroCanada near Cougar Ridge in Calgary-Bow. It seems to have been quite busy and my neighborhood now has tons of lawn signs for public education.

That is awesome.

I want to help out with the recall effort but being outside of the riding I am not sure how I can chip in. I was thinking I should help someone in the riding set up a table at Pie Junkie. I'll bring the table and chairs if they bring their... self!

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by malcolmk14

I don't think they'll leave anything to chance with arbitration. I think they'll impose a contract "for stability".

That’d almost certainly be overturned in court.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by Amethyst

-Anything the government funds, that is not a public school, takes away from public school funding.

-Independent schools in Alberta must be not for profit, if they take any government funding.

-About 40% of the funding is for schools that are early childhood programs (for children with complex learning needs).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTIjlkiKabI&t=3364s

Discussion starts about 42 minutes in.

Ok, so why does a private school need public funding?

[bettercallbettman]

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UCP homers will reach for anything!

[fotze2]

UCP rulezzz!!!!