Counterpoint: Fuck off, Danielle Smith.
this post was submitted on 27 Oct 2025
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Just wanted to throw out there that class size and complexity matters a lot.
I taught in an Alberta public high school. I had a class of 47 students. And this was a split Math 20-3/20-4 class. Over ⅓ of the class had IEPs, and another ⅓ (at least) should have had IEPs, but they'd fallen through the cracks of the system and didn't have paperwork on file to support a designation.
20-3 and 20-4 have virtually 0 curricular overlap, btw. I feel badly for the -4 kiddos in that class—they got almost no attention from me. It just wasn't possible. The one EA in the class did what she could to help them, thankfully.
I got reprimanded by my admin for that class, too, since a lowkey fight broke out (nobody was hurt) in that class and I didn't notice for about half a minute.
I left the province and haven't regretted it for a second.
The Calgary Herald is American owned media pretending to be Canadian, infiltrating Canadian culture and politics.
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That's not how strikes work, and it cannot be allowed to become the way the ruling class expects to negotiate.
They simply do not negotiate. They don't know how to.
Let's go with facts: When negotiations started for this contract in 2024, they were offering 8% to teachers and no commitment to more teachers. They moved up to 12% for all teachers and up to 17% for those in divisions with lower grids, plus a commitment to 3000 more teachers. They have also committed to 130 new schools in the province over the next few years which is a 9 billion dollar project. They definitely negotiated.
What an untrustworthy weasel.
She tries to frame the classroom size issue as a teacher safety issue. It's not. It's a quality of learning issue, which is not in the conservative vocabulary.
They're definitely linked. My daughter in law has had several incidences where the classroom had to be cleared because a child was freaking out and getting violently out of control and the school's protocol is to clear the classroom and call in the principal for help. Definitely affects safety AND quality of learning when there are too many kids with high mental health needs in a classroom.
I hope this goes to court. The UCP needs to be taught a lesson.
Federal government has lead the way with complete ghosting and forced back to work legislation, so UCP are happy to be just like the Libs the hate so much.
I don't disagree, but one thing is back to work legislation and quite another to kill collective bargainng altogether and impose a contract unilaterally invoking the notwithstanding clause.
agreed
Narrator: those issues weren't ultimately addressed.
You know what? We're gonna strike even harder.
I've heard rumours of AUPE joining in. They've been without a contract for a year and a half.
Just walk off the job.
If they don't want unions, they get people who quit when the contract is over and they get to re-staff every time.
People don't stay at union-wage jobs because they like being paid less. Remove the perqs and learn something new.
No, they get people who are willing to work for less and in worse conditions in the jobs the teachers are quitting. It's exactly what they want.
Nice idea but a lot of teachers I know are parents with a family and a mortgage to pay for. Nice to say 'walk off the job' but when you've put in 5 years of university no one wants to start from scratch again.
Address the issues first!
The only thing that comes out of her mouth is shit. And the only thing she wants to go in her mouth is trumps cumshot.
ew didnt need to hear that.
Geez, I thought picturing that was horrific. Now I'm imagining there's something to hear as well.
Her name is Marlaina Smith. She wants people to use the names they were born with.
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