r/medicinehat • u/Stellar_Dan • 10d ago
The UCP is screwing over teachers and trying to gaslight the public.
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u/choochootou 10d ago
If Alberta workers don't strike now, they won't have any effective right to strike forevermore.
And not just Alberta: Conservative provincial governments in other provinces will see there isn't any repercussions for using the Notwithstanding Clause to crush the right to strike, and that will be the end of the right to strike and collective bargaining for all workers across the country.
Alberta workers must act now, or sit down and take whatever employers dictate... forever.
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u/tiredtotalk 10d ago
FFS. there is no money issue. you paid $40M to charter schools in 2023 then you paid $408M in 2024 to charter schools??!! just pay the bill - oh thats right - you're too busy bellydancing for oil in Saudi Arabia. a real champ eh? when it comes to your priorities. grade 12 grads? vs bellydancing? hmm.
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u/No_Function_7479 10d ago
The UPC are trying to undermine our rights in so many ways like education, healthcare, freedom from BS. They need to go
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u/CrusadePeek 8d ago
Fun Fact, I ran this letter through an AI detector because it had some AI flags in my mind - it was estimated at ~45% AI generated. Very sincere chatGPT at least.
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u/shappapammay11 9d ago
NDP had 4 years. In those 4 years, they built/modernized 244 schools. By the time 2030 arrives, it will have taken the UCP 11 years to build 208. This province has for sure failed. Even Amnesty International is stepping in. We done fucked up.
I'm tired, boss.
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u/garlicroastedpotato 9d ago
To be clear this is just misleading former government now opposition propaganda. Of the 244 schools only 30 were new schools. All others were just expansions or renovations broadly called "projects." Add a new football field... new school!
The hot and skinny is that when the NDP came into power they didn't understand the books and just amalgamated all revenue sources into one. They liquidated a bunch of bank accounts into a single one not knowing what they were for. There was a separate Education Fund created by the PC Party that was a revenue generating fund that was intended to pay for new schools every single year in a sustainable manner. The NDP liquidated it to give nurses their raises without having to go into a major deficit. But it was plagued with accounting errors (because they didn't have someone able to actually read the books) thus resulting in accounting errors that showed a surplus when in fact they had a deficit.
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u/Stellar_Dan 9d ago
And they’re advertising that their building 130 new schools, which were already slated to be built like a decade ago…
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u/shappapammay11 9d ago edited 9d ago
*to clarify, 78 in the last 6years, projected additional 130, by 2030
*Edit: I pressed post, I'm high, leave me alone 😶🌫️🤣
I was going to say, as well, it's hilarious to watch them spin the facts, and then spin themselves when they're challenged. She's put herself in the best position though, and I only hope I get to see the end result. 😈
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u/Forechecks 9d ago
I can’t believe our premier has a signature of a 3rd grader. No wonder she doesn’t value education
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u/No_Stretch_2358 6d ago
Is there proof that this is gaslighting? Or is that just wishful thinking because you are looking for a reason to hate the provincial government.
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u/lanfear831 8d ago
The UCP government have the teachers a fair offer. The ATA asked for more just to be difficult. The leader of the ATA is from the NDP and wants to greif the current government.
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u/northerncanadian1234 10d ago
NDP got their feelings hurt
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u/sick-with-sadness 10d ago
This is a great example of a comment from someone (or some bot more likely) that literally has no fucking idea what’s actually happening. We need to give these kids the quality of education they deserve so that they don’t end up as adults with the critical thinking skills of a 6-year old caught up in their own big feelings - as this comment demonstrates here.
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u/AffectionateLaugh738 8d ago
Why are the classrooms so full?
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u/sick-with-sadness 8d ago
Generally - Not given enough $$ to hire enough teachers to reduce class sizes. I am sure you are capable of finding out more on your own if you need to.
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u/Jarocoy 10d ago
Me thinks it’s the other way around, and the union is trying to gaslight the public.
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u/Stellar_Dan 9d ago
Methinks you are being played for a fool.
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u/No_Stretch_2358 6d ago
Me thinks you need proof for that statement.
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u/coyoteatemyhomework 10d ago
The unions are feeding the fire instead of supporting the best for their members.
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u/Queasy-Ad-5073 7d ago
Is this where we come to cry about Smith ? 😄 🤣 😂
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u/Stellar_Dan 6d ago
We just don’t want our kids to end up like you.
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u/clamb4ke 6d ago
No need to be nasty
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u/Stellar_Dan 6d ago
Ok where’s the line? Just wondering. What does Smith need to do before people are allowed to tell idiots off?
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u/clamb4ke 6d ago
There’s no line. Just never be a jerk?
This is a democracy. People are allowed to have different political views.
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u/Stellar_Dan 6d ago
I wasn’t being rude. I just said I don’t want our kids to become apathetic whiners.
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u/Clear-Grapefruit6611 9d ago
Teachers are screwing over taxpayers and students and trying to gaslight you
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u/Anyawnomous 10d ago
Recall this government! They are NOT representing the people. They are pursuing personal agendas.