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VICTORIA – New Democrat education spokesperson Rob Fleming released the following statement on the breakdown of talks in the education dispute: “With just two days left before the start of school, it is clear Education Minister Peter Fassbender has utterly …
Statement from New Democrat education spokesperson on education mediation
VICTORIA – New Democrat spokesperson for education Rob Fleming released the following statement: “The only way to reach a fair settlement and ensure kids are in classrooms on Sept. 2 is to get both sides back to the table as …
New Democrats call for mediation and voluntary suspension of lockout and strike so schools can open on time
VICTORIA – B.C.’s New Democrats are calling on both sides of the school labour dispute to come to the bargaining table immediately with mediator Vince Ready and voluntarily suspend the government’s lockout and teachers’ strike so that schools can open …
Education minister neglecting families and playing politics with education
VICTORIA – The B.C. Liberals must focus on getting children back in school instead of making things worse by finger-pointing in media interviews, say B.C.’s New Democrats. “Instead of developing a substantive proposal for addressing class size and composition levels, …
B.C. Liberals hurting families with kids with special needs by dragging on school closures
NEW WESTMINSTER – The B.C.Liberals’ failure to get children back into classrooms is disproportionately hurting families of children with special needs, say B.C.’s New Democrats. “The B.C. Liberals’ failure to get a deal with teachers means students with special needs …
B.C. Liberals turn their backs on chaos in schools
VICTORIA – The B.C. Liberals have no interest in getting kids back into classrooms and bringing stability back to our schools by September, say the New Democrats. “With five weeks left to end the disruption in the lives of B.C. …
B.C. Liberals must commit to returning school shut-down “savings” to public education
VANCOUVER – The New Democrats are calling on the B.C. Liberal government to commit to putting the $178 million “saved” during the school shut down back into the public education system. “The B.C. Liberals’ failure to get a deal with …
B.C. Liberals reward top staffers with pay increases far beyond the settlement “zone”
VICTORIA – While the B.C. Liberal government tells teachers there is no more money, they are more than happy to hand out hefty pay raises to their top political staff far beyond what they characterize as the settlement “zone”, say …
B.C. Liberals fail to end lockout-strike by their own deadline
VICTORIA— After presiding over an unprecedented loss of two weeks of schooling for more than half a million students across the province, the B.C. Liberals have failed to meet their own June 30 deadline for ending their feud with B.C. …