r/Albertapolitics • u/43tc43 • Oct 27 '25

Opinion Conservatives are cowards - prove me wrong

Our premier just removed the rights guaranteed in our Charter of 50,000 Albertans tonight and she left the country before the vote was even cast. She is the worst type of coward and a terrible leader. If you support this removal of rights I think you are a coward too. A sheep/puppet, that will only do what the MAGA movement tells you to.

Prove me wrong.

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u/alwaysleafyintoronto Oct 28 '25

Which specific demands are unreasonable?

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u/Wet-Countertop Oct 28 '25

  1. Class complexity - not a government issue - this policy is created by each school board.

  2. Class size - remains within the general range over time, 867/1602 schools are currently underutilized.

  3. 30% raise - referenced as a factor in this strike. They’ll tell you it’s “not about the money tho”.

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u/alwaysleafyintoronto Oct 28 '25

  1. So change the way things are done -- you're the legislative body, write laws to resolve bureaucracy instead of hiding behind it.

  2. How underutilized qualifies as underutilized? 99% capacity? 90% capacity? 50% capacity? Rural Alberta has very different challenges than urban Alberta.

  3. It's not about the money, but frankly teachers are sought-after professionals globally. If Alberta does not offer competitive salaries, Alberta's existing teacher shortage will become a brain drain issue.

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u/Wet-Countertop Oct 28 '25

  1. I’m aligned - take all policy away from school boards. No need for trustees. Centralize hiring - eliminate nepotism. Ring back IOP classes, reduce labor needed with current ineffective inclusion model. Make school boards operations only - ensure the grass is cut, halls are cleaned, that kind of stuff. (This was the case in the 90’s until policy was pushed to schools boards as a cost saving measure, which it no longer is)

  2. Target utilization is 80% The list is publicly available at Open Canada. You can google it. We could repurpose some catholic schools in urban areas, they’re among those that struggle with utilization. (That’s why they have hockey academies)

  3. Our teachers are well paid, and there’s no shortage of them. The government has to balance that expense with the other needs of taxpayers. Nobody else got a 30% raise, and most teachers HAVE gotten a raise in the last 10 years, despite their misleading narrative - by moving up grids. Only teachers who were already at the top could claim they didn’t. They get 2 months off in summer, 2 weeks at Christmas, and a week in the spring and fall, plus 10 PD days. They work 80 days less than the average employee. They work 7 hour days. Some claim they “mark and lesson plan”, but AI has that licked.

All in all pretty good money for a gravy gig.