BCTF demands would actually impact legislative powers & public purse
BCTF is threatening some sort of job action, including a full shutdown, over being legislated back to work under Bill 22. They say they are angry that the B.C. government will not give them the control they feel they were granted by a B.C. Supreme Court decision. The question all Canadians need to ask is: What might that control involve? [...]
Private career colleges have high student loan default rates
What many Canadians may not realize is that private career colleges in this country get government funding through provincial and federal student aid programs. And, just as with public institutions, when there are high student loan default rates, it is the taxpayer who ends up paying. In BC, at the moment, as the Vancouver Sun recently reported, the BC government says [...]
Ontario & BC gov'ts vs teachers' unions
Occasionally, when a post at my Crux of the Matter blog is about provincial politics, I will cross-post it here for BT visitors to read. It starts: Teachers unions are always running a political campaign against something. In Ontario, its been report cards, trying to have fewer. In B.C., its been about standardized testing, trying to [...]
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