Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Damien Gillis- Common Sense Canadian sent this along and it tells the story of how badly the Christy Clark BC Government has handled this from the get-go. The good news is that the potential profitability of fracking is negated by market forces, geography and sheer
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Left Over: November Is the Cruelest month…
Unable to find affordable housing, 82-year-old living in Victoria shelter SARAH PETRESCU / TIMES COLONIST OCTOBER 29, 2014 09:58 PM All I want is a room somewhere Far away from the cold night air With one enormous chair….. Ah, wouldn’t that be loverly? I have been indulging myself in creepy
Continue readingTerahertz: Tell Christy Clark: Don’t rush through Societies Act reforms
Please write today to tell the BC government not to press through its reforms to the BC Societies Act. Email fcsp@gov.bc.ca before the end of 15 October 2014. Clark’s Liberal government is looking to overhaul the law that regulates over 27,000 non-profit societies, including almost every active freethought organisation in
Continue readingLeft Over: BC’s Future Goes Back to the Past…
Temporary foreign workers needed for B.C.’s future, says premier Christy Clark: ‘There’s going to be a spurt in the number of workers that are required.’ By Tamsyn Burgmann, The Canadian Press Posted: Oct 03, 2014 10:23 AM PT Last Updated: Oct 03, 2014 10:23 AM PT Living on the Island,
Continue readingLeft Over: Your Call Is, Truly, Unimportant to Us, Stay on the Line..or Hang Up, we Don’t Care…
Customer service is becoming more Kafkaesque by the day Companies like to deflect problems with call-centre bureaucracy then use social media to show they’re just like us. They’re not Oscar Rickett theguardian.com, Thursday 2 October 2014 14.26 BST Here is an article i read in the Guardian, and
Continue readingstaffroom confidential: Reflections on the BC Teacher Strike
Teachers are reflective practitioners. And just as we reflect on a lesson to judge what worked and what did not, we ought also to reflect on our struggle to improve the public education system. The point is not to lay blame. It is to figure out how to do it
Continue readingstaffroom confidential: Reflections on the BC Teacher Strike
Teachers are reflective practitioners. And just as we reflect on a lesson to judge what worked and what did not, we ought also to reflect on our struggle to improve the public education system. The point is not to lay blame. It is to figure out how to …
Continue readingStaffroom Confidential: BC Teacher strike – Lessons learned
On the evening of the vote results, I found myself, with great difficulty, repeating the tried and true advice: “Don’t mourn, organize.” Because it is correct. There is much to do. And there are always setbacks and disappointments on the way to a better world. That said, it is also
Continue readingstaffroom confidential: BC Teacher strike – Lessons learned
On the evening of the vote results, I found myself, with great difficulty, repeating the tried and true advice: “Don’t mourn, organize.” Because it is correct. There is much to do. And there are always setbacks and disappointments on the way to a better world. That said, it is also
Continue readingstaffroom confidential: BC Teacher strike – Lessons learned
On the evening of the vote results, I found myself, with great difficulty, repeating the tried and true advice: “Don’t mourn, organize.” Because it is correct. There is much to do. And there are always setbacks and disappointments on the way to a bette…
Continue readingLeft Over: Back Door Justice on a Friday Afternoon….
NDP forces Commons debate on murdered, missing indigenous women Conservative-controlled committee didn’t recommend public inquiry but NDP seized debate opportunity By Kady O’Malley, CBC News Posted: Sep 19, 2014 2:44 PM ET Last Updated: Sep 19, 2014 5:12 PM ET http://montrealsimon.blogspot.ca/2014/09/the-ndp-forces-debate-on-missing-and.html Ffinally, the NDP comes through in a wonderfully calculated move
Continue readingLeft Over: The Emperor’s (ap)Prentice Magically Transforms First Nations Support
Jim Prentice says many Alberta First Nations are behind new pipeline projects ‘Amongst the strongest allies that Alberta has at the table are the First Nations of this province’ CBC News Posted: Sep 16, 2014 9:25 PM MT Last Updated: Sep 17, 2014 6:20 AM MT Great that you
Continue readingStaffroom Confidential: Will the Education Fund improve classroom conditions?
The tentative agreement negotiated this week includes an Education Fund which replaces the Learning Improvment Fund (LIF). Will this improve classroom conditions? Not much, if at all. The BCTF did an excellent analysis of the failure of the LIF, which I won’t repeat here. But suffice it to say there
Continue readingstaffroom confidential: Will the Education Fund improve classroom conditions?
The tentative agreement negotiated this week includes an Education Fund which replaces the Learning Improvment Fund (LIF). Will this improve classroom conditions? Not much, if at all.The BCTF did an excellent analysis of the failure of the LIF, which I…
Continue readingstaffroom confidential: Will the Education Fund improve classroom conditions?
The tentative agreement negotiated this week includes an Education Fund which replaces the Learning Improvment Fund (LIF). Will this improve classroom conditions? Not much, if at all. The BCTF did an excellent analysis of the failure of the LIF, which I won’t repeat here. But suffice it to say there
Continue readingstaffroom confidential: Tentative agreement – Yes or No?
Despite what I know was a herculean effort on the part of our bargaining team, I very much hope that BC teachers will vote no to the tentative agreement. After five weeks of strike, and twelve years of legal battles, this is not the deal that will rest…
Continue readingstaffroom confidential: Tentative agreement – Yes or No?
Despite what I know was a herculean effort on the part of our bargaining team, I very much hope that BC teachers will vote no to the tentative agreement. After five weeks of strike, and twelve years of legal battles, this is not the deal that will restore sanity to
Continue readingstaffroom confidential: Class composition: a human rights perspective
Christy Clark enraged teachers and surprised many when she tweeted that class composition was one of her primary concerns. Those of us working in schools who have for twelve long years been trying to bring this issue into the public discourse thought: well, it’s about time. It was over twenty
Continue readingstaffroom confidential: Class composition: a human rights perspective
Christy Clark enraged teachers and surprised many when she tweeted that class composition was one of her primary concerns. Those of us working in schools who have for twelve long years been trying to bring this issue into the public discourse thought: …
Continue readingStaffroom Confidential: Class composition: a human rights perspective
Christy Clark enraged teachers and surprised many when she tweeted that class composition was one of her primary concerns. Those of us working in schools who have for twelve long years been trying to bring this issue into the public discourse thought: well, it’s about time. It was over twenty
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