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Can we all just relax a little over the claim by some that 10,000 teachers are losing their jobs?
With contract talks underway, the rhetoric is rising and we will all hear that teachers will be thrown out onto the streets, that our kids’ education is at peril. Not quite.
In my view, a strike is inevitable, but so is looking at the facts.
We will not see 10,000 teachers fired or laid off over the next several years. Yes, I’m well aware of the report from the province’s Financial Accountability Office, but I’ve also read it.
The report clearly states what the government has been saying all along, based on the numbers, no teacher will lose their job. Instead, as the government promised, these positions will be eliminated as people retire or quit. The government and the FAO have different numbers on how many positions will be eliminated but not the final outcome.
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