The more I think about it, the more it makes sense to have one central office for payroll and administrative duties for our education system. It can be done; larger employers have one central office that gets these tasks done, why not teachers too? The same plan could be used for healthcare in BC (that still remain in the public sector at least). The only thing that gives me pause for thought is the possibility that this centralized payroll and administration office could end up privatized and in the hands of a contractor with friendly links to a political party…this one office should remain in the public domain for accountability reasons, and staffed by persons knowledgeable in the area they’re working for.
In this consolidation, the upper executive management should be brought into one office too. We do not need a dozen overpaid CEO’s to manage health districts when this can be done from one office that reports directly to the Ministry of Health. Same for public education: one administration…use the savings to hire more teachers/nurses/doctors.
Not every idea that the BC Liberals have are bad, lets hope they don’t fumble this one and make it just another way to reward high rolling donors and supporters.
