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 …
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On Monday afternoon the New Democrat spokesperson for Education, Rob Fleming, met the delegation presenting the Protect Public Education Now petition to urge the Liberal government to get a deal and get kids back to class as scheduled Sept. 2.
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 …
VIDEO – John Horgan on the importance of teachers and public education
New Democrat Leader John Horgan shares a personal story, detailing the impact teachers and the public education system have had on his life.
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. workers being left behind as B.C. Liberals scramble to catch up on skills training
VICTORIA— The B.C. Liberal government is more interested in flashy photo-ops than concrete and effective action to address the skills gap for B.C. workers, says New Democrat skills training spokesperson Shane Simpson. “The time for inflated jobs claims is past. …
Amrik Virk is making excuses, just like he did before
VICTORIA— The only statement Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk should be making is announcing his resignation, says New Democrat advanced education critic David Eby. “When we first raised the issue of underhanded executive compensation practices at Kwantlen Polytechnic University Amrik …
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 …