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B.C. Premier Christy Clark has recently mentioned in her remarks that the agreement being finalized with B.C. Teachers’ Union is first of its kind in B.C.’s history. The stressed that she looks forward to working with teachers in improving schooling for children.
Premier Clark stated that “we have reached a historic six year agreement with teachers. This has never been done before in British Columbia’s history. That means five years of labour peace ahead of us. We’ll have five years in which we can talk about things that really matter and that’s improving education for children in classrooms.” She highlighted the importance of bargaining ending with a negotiated settlement, alleging that “a negotiated settlement was really important because it allows us to reset that relationship which has been dysfunctional for so long. It means that we can sit respectfully and talk respectfully about something that matters to both the government, the teachers union, to classroom teachers, to parents, and to students, and that’s improving learning outcomes for kids.”
Although the premier remained eminently hesitant to reveal details of the agreement, she did boast that “we’ve found a way to give teachers a fair raise, to improve classroom composition, to really make it work for teachers at the same time we’re still making sure it still works for taxpayers. We’re not going to have to raise taxes, we aren’t going to go into deficit, and we’re not going to increase our debt.” Furthermore, she alleged that children could be in school as early as Monday.
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