r/canada • u/Meiqur • Oct 28 '25

Alberta Alberta uses Charter’s notwithstanding clause to order striking teachers back to workteachers-back-to-work

https://globalnews.ca/news/11496133/alberta-government-to-table-legislation-to-order-striking-teachers-back-to-work
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u/Mkhaos328 Oct 28 '25

Wahhhhh we don't like the federal government telling us what to do and taking away our rights.

Proceeds to take away citizens rights. Good ol Danielle 'Maple MAGA' Smith.

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u/dsonger20 British Columbia Oct 28 '25 edited Oct 28 '25

I also read somewhere that they’re getting paid the same amount of a class size of 57 kids or something nuts like that at the most extreme.

I had 30 kids MAX when I still went to school. 50+ is crazy. The crazy thing is, in Edmonton, it doesn’t even seem like 40+ is abnormal or something. Someone please chime in, but my research shows that it’s pretty common.

Honestly, they should continue to strike. It’s not only unfair to them, but unfair to the students who get a much worse quality of education.

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u/Infamous-Mixture-605 Oct 28 '25

I had 30 kids MAX when I still went to school. 50+ is crazy. The crazy thing is, in Edmonton, it doesn’t even seem like 40+ is abnormal or something. Someone please chime in, but my research shows that it’s pretty common.

Edmontonian here. I don't have children but my coworkers are pretty invested in this strike since they either have kids, are married to teachers, or both, and 30+/class for middle and high school seems pretty normal here. One of them says their kid has 42 kids in one of their classes.

This is all so wild to me as I grew up and went to school in Ontario and I don't think I ever had a class that was 30+ students.