Just asking the tough common sense questions and providing information on Saskatchewan education matters.
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Fact Check: Gas prices in SK are $1.68 a litre. 69% of that goes back to gas companies. That’s $1.18 per litre. 5% of the $1.68 is carbon tax, that’s 9 cents a litre. So please spare me the blame Trudeau crap! And start looking at corporate greed!
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Fact check: Liberal /NDP make up 185 seats and 8.5 million Canadian voters, don’t let the conservatives lie to you about this not being the voice of Canada.
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It’s good to see the Province of Manitoba is finally putting healthcare, education, and people first. Time to do away with private corporate donors and look to actually helping people again. SK is very jealous of you tonight. Congrats!
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Just remember everyone the SK Party allows 14 year olds to vote in their party leadership elections but require that same student that they say is not yet old enough and smart enough to pick their own pronouns to wait until 16. Just think about that. cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatche…
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Hey Sk would you let your car mechanic perform surgery on you? Then why do we have a window installer running our education system? @jeremycockrill is not qualified to be in charge of education, our students deserve better.
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SK has 185K students in K-12. The private schools have 10,000 students. This makes up 5% of the student pop. The SK Party gave them a 17.5 million dollar increase. The other 175K students got 29 million. This is how conservatives break public education. saskatchewan.ca/government/n…
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Fun Fact: the SK Party has been in charge of Sk for 18 years….😳….18 years. Every single issue and problem we have is 100% their issue, let’s be clear on that! It’s time for change in this province.
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Why does Scott Moe and the SK Party get to take federal Liberal money given to SK and pretend they are paying for it? Tons of Healthcare is federal money, $10 a day daycare Liberal money, Mental Health and homelessness Liberal money. Libs have done more for SK than the SK Party.
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Proud day for Scott Moe and the SK Party. Never has there been so many students that were kept out of school to not recognize residential school survivors and victims. This government has empowered people to practice hate. Just think about that.
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Manitoba teachers last 4 year agreement:
2019 -1.4%
2020 - 0.5%
2021 - 3.2%
2022 - 7.7%
Total 12.8%
Saskatchewan teachers last 4 year agreement:
2019 - 0%
2020 - 2%
2021 - 2%
2022- 2%
Total 6%
Facts matter.
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I want to give a huge shout out to @royalsaskmuseum who opened up their doors to allow teachers to use their washrooms. Thank you for your kindness and for believing that our students deserve better. Please make sure to provide a donation to this amazing gem in Regina. Thank you!
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Sk party literally asked 12 US states for help when they mismanaged covid. They all said no before they finally asked the federal gov’t. These people are running our province. The SK party is embarrassing! ca.news.yahoo.com/feds-caugh…
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Every conservative will tell you that the carbon tax is the soul reason for grocery prices. False! Every food corp. has a board who’s soul purpose is to increase profits every year regardless of common good. When you understand that you see this is about corporate greed.
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Hey Saskatchewan Scott Moe and the SK Party just released the new seat constitutions for the 2024 election. Coming as no surprise they have short changed Regina and Saskatoon heavily. Honestly how you can live in these cities and vote for this party that considers you garbage.
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Fact Check: Scott Moe and the Sask party increased education tax 2.6% but only provided 1.3% back to public education for our children. Let that sink in to how much the Sask Party values our children.
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SK people are finally starting to see that the SK Party conservatives are literally underfunding education and healthcare to break it and privatize it right. I mean you see that right? Moe is literally hitting you over the head showing you this so you see this right? Wake up!!!!
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Hi everyone just so you know. BC teachers have bargained class size and complexity and Ontario teachers have bargained class size and complexity. It very reasonable and is 100% teachers working and students learning conditions. SK teachers and their students deserve this too.
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All the crying that Scott Moe and the Sk Party do about the carbon tax and they themselves are collecting a carbon tax? They will gain $351M of SK tax payers money this year that they then are putting into the general revenue fund😳😳😳 are you kidding me? leaderpost.com/news/saskatch…
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The gov’t of SK each year gives themselves a raise based on Cost of living. This year that is around 7% The average MLA makes $125,000. That’s a $8750 per year raise that compounds. But hey just watch there will be no money for healthcare or education.
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I currently like that the Sk Carbon tax is being sent back to me personally. Scott Moe and the Sask Party Conservatives will find a way to just give it to their donors if they take it over. Am I alone in this think?
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Saskatchewan teachers were told no to 9 of the 10 things they asked to talk about. For over half of the meetings the government read pre-written statements and wouldn’t engage in dialogue. The Sask Party never truly even came to the table to negotiate. globalnews.ca/news/10180136/…
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Fact Check: The budget that Scott Moe and the Sask Party conservatives created gave an increase of $6 million dollars to public school boards not even meeting the cost of gas inflation. In the same breath they gave $17.5 million dollars to independent private schools, thoughts?
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Manitoba has 200,000 public school kids and 16,000 teachers. Saskatchewan has 195,000 public school kids and 13,000 teachers. SK has 3000 less teachers. If you want to see a huge price cut by the Sk Party wrap your head around that.
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I want to personally thank @TheCDNBrewhouse for coming out and providing pizza to teachers in Regina today. Thank you for recognizing our students deserve better.
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The SK Party is collecting the highest taxation in the history of the province, $10 Billion. Yet education and healthcare are in shambles. We need a gov’t that prioritize people again over corporation gain/donor buddies. Good gov’t is about looking after people, they have failed.
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Saskatchewans basic natural gas charge is $26.50 vs BC $11.80. But tell me again it’s the carbon tax. The SK Party is the problem.
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Never in the history of a SK budget has a premier come out 2 weeks before and leaked content. Never in the history of SK government and SK Teachers bargain has a premier actively placed himself ahead of the education minister to be the education voice. The SK Party is scared!!!
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SK Party lost $1B where is it? Drought? no federal gov’t covered that. Potash? Only 7%, trading at $345 right now, had 6 months over $800. Oil? No oil averaged over $85 for 6 months and is now $75. GDP? Nope will increase 1.6%. Retail? No it’s around 3%. So where’s the billion?
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2006 the avg teacher made $55,000per year, the avg, MLA Made $65,000, the avg nurse made $64,000. 17 years later in 2023 the avg MLA makes $110,000 a 70% increase, the avg nurse makes $110,000 a 70% increase, the avg teacher makes $75,000 a 31% increase. Teachers are worth more
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Manitoba has a population of 1.4 million people. SK has a population of 1.2 million people. Manitoba has almost 3000 more teachers then SK. Imagine how much better SK students would be with 3000 more teachers across the province. The SK party needs to stop hurting our kids.
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Scott Moe and the Sask Party increased Saskpower:
2022 - 4% increase
2023 - 4% increase
Scott Moe increased our bills by 8%
2024 - carbon tax increases 0.5%
Please tell me again who is to blame for our high power costs. The SK Party needs to go, SK wants its province back
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Winds of change be a blowing. Time to vote out the SK party and care about people again in this province. leaderpost.com/opinion/colum…
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In 2016 SK party gave school $2.2B to meet the needs of our children. This was a 3.6% cut…7 years later, 2023 they provide $2B. Thousands of more students over 7 years and they fund $200 million dollars less. This is how you break public education. thestarphoenix.com/business/…
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Saskatchewan Elections are we going to pretend that Saskatoon and Regina should only have 26 of the 61 seats forever? We are going to continue to pretend that all this population increase the SK Party brags about is not moving to Saskatoon and Regina but rather going rural?
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In 2013 Saskatchewan paid $14,989 per student enrolled in education…fast forward 9 years into a SK party education wasteland and we pay $10,255 per student today. Just think about how much this government cares about our kids. They are worth almost $5000 less!
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Morning…. It’s been 34 days since Scott Moe and the SK party Conservatives under budgeted the SK people. Oil is $101 today and Potash is $570. The provinces has made $500 million un-budgeted dollars in 34 days. Don’t let this government lie to you that they don’t have money!
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The vibe from STF council is one that I have not heard before. The teachers of Saskatchewan are complete done with the Sask Party, saddle up everyone it’s going to get real very soon.
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Scott Moe and the Sask Party continue to be the laughing stock of Canada. Is 18 years of this party enough yet? theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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18 years under the SK Party we have increased our debt to 30 billion dollars. Over that same time we underfunded our kids over $400 million dollars and created huge complexity issues in schools and have destroyed healthcare. Honestly, where is all the money going? Time for change
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You want to know a burden to the SK tax payers? It’s not teachers! In 2007 SK MLA gave themselves a 1 year 15% pay increase. Since 2013 to 2022 (10 year time frame) SK teachers pay has increased 14%. Just think about that. Support your teachers.
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I finished a meeting with the STF leadership team explaining the agreement. I appreciate all their hard work, however, there is just not enough there for me to vote yes and unfortunately I will be voting NO on this agreement. Our students and profession is worth more.
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The speaker resigned today because of what he did and it’s the right thing to do, but why do only the decent people do the right thing? When is @LeslynLewis resigning? She knowingly met with and took photos with a Nazi supporter. The conservative double standard is embarrassing.
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Brad Wall involved in the freedom convoy, geeez who would have thought that. Considering Scott Moe and his Sask Party conservatives wouldn’t condemn it I realize why. Their kingpin was involved.
Former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall was in contact with a key organizer of the #FreedomConvoy anti-mandate protest, providing strategic advice before and after the Ottawa occupation began. #Cdnpoli ctvnews.ca/politics/former-s…
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More than a month ago Scott Moe and the SK Party said more money would be coming to help kids….it’s been a month and crickets….is it coming? If so we all know it’s going to be well short of the $400 million that he and his party as stolen from our kids. sasktoday.ca/provincial-news…
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See the Saskatchewan.ca at the bottom of this sign. That means Saskatchewan tax payers paid $15,000 per sign not the SK Party. Let that sink in.
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Scott Moe should have just tweeted…”I am terrified I am going to lose because Sk is waking up to how bad we are for the province”, same same!
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Hi everyone just your daily reminder that the Sask party continues to underfund public education in this province. Fun facts; SK has the lowest Funding per student, lowest funding per EA and student ratio, and the lowest paid teachers in Western Canada.
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Hopefully Manitoba can be one of the first provinces tomorrow to shake the conservative Cobb webs off a province so their people can finally feel supported and valued.
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The SK Party say they want school divisions to deal with class size/complexity. However, they are in charge of all the funding to the school boards. The past 10 years they went from funding each student $15K to $10K. There is no $ for class size/complexity and they know it.
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Saskatoon and Regina make up 49% of Saskatchewan’s total population. But the new recommendations only gives them 26 out of 59 seats. This is what happens when the SK Party gives a mandate to the committee that their base needs to maintain power. Shameful! saskboundaries.ca/maps/recom…
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Saskatchewan people expect better than this. @jeremycockrill feel free to go back to BC anytime, SK people are done with this arrogance.
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Did you know that public tax dollars pay for students in SK to go to private schools. The Sask Party gov’t provides High schools like Notre Dame and Luther $8000 per student that attends. Bet you didn’t know that, now that you do know that do you agree with this?
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Explain to me why in SK we underfund the public school system to fund $ to private schools so they have small class sizes, non qualified teachers, learn that humans and dinosaurs roamed the earth at the same time, and won’t allow kids with needs to attend? globalnews.ca/news/9667450/a…
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Dear Saskatchewan, when half of your entire Education budget is given to you by the federal government and is being used for a non-education purpose like childcare, we have a serious problem!!!!! The SK Party is failing our students. saskatchewan.ca/government/n…
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The SK Election is this Oct. The SK Party has been in power 16 years. Yes 16 YEaRS!! Look at all the mistakes they have made. They never say they are sorry, or they will learn from their mistakes, or they were even wrong, ever. This isn’t the SK I love. It’s time for change.
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The @SaskTeachersFed has done an incredible job putting out facts and data showing how the SK Party has devastated education. If you don’t think there is a problem then you haven’t looked. Because if you want to know the truth, you can’t miss it. Our students deserve better.
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SK Party bypasses the charter of rights and freedoms, creates a clause saying anything that happens they are not responsible for, required the bomb squad and drone surveillance at legislative building this happened in, and the police admit there was no threat. This isn’t my SK.
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If you are interested in the dumpster fire that the SK Party has created for education in Saskatchewan give me a follow. I have over 20 years of expert understanding about education and I’m here to provide common sense facts about it, whether the SK Party likes it or not.
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All taxes by the SK Party go into the general revenue fund. Their new carbon tax, general revenue fund, education property tax, general revenue fund, prov income tax, general revenue fund, PST, general revenue fund. There is zero accountability when a slush fund like this created
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Just a reminder the SK Party MLA will all be getting a 3% pay increase on April 1st, bring the average SK Party MLA salary to $152,000 a year. Placing them in the top wealthiest 5% in all SK. Remember that when they say kids education doesn’t matter.
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This was Feb 14th on the @evanbrayshow This is @jeremycockrill telling everyone how frustrated he is because teachers DO NOT want to talk about salary. Because teachers want to talk about the actual issues in the classrooms. Our students deserve better.
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The Sk Party says just trust us we will fund class complexity. Trust them like in 2016 when they refused to pay the negotiated teachers salary increase and required schoolboards to use operation funds for kids. Yeah trust us they say. Not a chance cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon…
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Can we stop saying that school boards should just fix the classroom size and complexity issue and this should not be in a provincial contract. They can’t because the SK Party UNDERFUNDS THEM! This ain’t hard.
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Few things to unpack here. Why hasn’t the investigation in these schools now be redone based on this evidence? Why are these schools being funded by tax dollars still? Why do we still have the SK Party in charge? saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/i-regre…
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We need to stop romanticizing farming. Yes it is an important job but so are many other jobs are as well. The difference is farming is a multi million dollar industry that receives millions of dollars in tax cuts because we romanticize how hard it used to be. Full stop please.
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Teachers offered binding arbitration, they did what was right. The SK Party rejected this. The aftermath occurring now is 100% on the SK Party, the balls in their court.
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“Inflation doesn’t really affect the education sector”, says Minister Duncan. This may be one of the Dumbest comments of all time, and he is in charge of our kids futures. Wow! cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatche…
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If Scott Moe and the Sask Party is going to pound it’s chest and proclaim parent rights, then can they actually fund the public school system and support it properly? Or do they only care about saving themselves politically? Asking from a parent…with rights.
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You have to love that @denisebatters claims more for travel expenses in 3 months then a first year teacher nets working an entire year. This is Saskatchewan that works for everyone.
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Why does Scott Moe and the SK Party Conservatives get to continually underfund the public sector creating huge cuts and hardship. But they get to keep all their MLA positions and give themselves a 2.6% pay increase as they flying around the world with tax money. 0 accountability.
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Let’s turn to the conservative play book. It looks like SK people are finally done with the SK Party over underfunding and hurting our kids, quick!!!! Say Trudeau!!!!
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For the first time in a very long time, I haven’t been embarrassed by the absolute lack of accountability and respect shown in the house. Being elected doesn’t give you privilege to be a a$sh0le. Thank you house speaker for bringing integrity back into the house.
A wild afternoon in the legislative assembly #skpoli: First, the Finance Minister sends a text to the Speaker complaining of unfair treatment. He reads it into the record and forces her to apologize:
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SK Party has 5 days to start caring about our children and the education system. SK Party this is on you! saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/saskatc…
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With BC new funding numbers to education Saskatchewan now ranks 9th out of the 10 provinces for per student funding. Are SK people really ok with this? Are our students not worth more?
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It’s pretty clear the people of Saskatchewan are done allowing the SK Party to continue to destroy education. Look at how many people voted in these. For some perspective the polls that Scott Moe brags about on Angus Reid surveys are 500-750 people survey, these polls are 5000 😳
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SK Party increased funding for private schools 25% last year. How much more do you think they will increase the funding for private schools this year? This is just another example of how the SK Party underfunds our education system. Our kids deserve better saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/sask-pu…
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Fun fact: Did you know that @jeremycockrill isn’t even part of the government bargaining team for education. He isn’t even at the table. Bet you didn’t know that, but hey he sure loves to lie and pretend he knows what’s going on.
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Pushing through legislation with a notwithstanding clause and circumventing the courts is the wrong move. But when you double down and add a clause that says the SK Party claims no fault for any outcome afterwards because they know it will hurt kids, that makes them a$sholes
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Who really needs that $1000 I just lost. It’s more important that the Sask Party flex on the federal government, I mean it’s going on over a decade of this. It’s time for a new government. regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-refus…
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Proud to be united with all teachers and say enough is enough to SK Party cuts!
📢 NEWS RELEASE: Saskatchewan Teachers Overwhelmingly Reject Government’s Final Offer
Saskatchewan teachers have voted against the final offer put forward by the GTBC. Ninety percent of voters opposed the offer.
Read more: stf.sk.ca/about-stf/news/sas…
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Lets get the facts straight because teachers salaries are public knowledge and the Sask Party is lying. The avg teacher does not make $92K a year. 80% of teachers are a Class IV (4 year bachelor degree). The pay grid has 11 steps one per year service. The avg is step 6-7 so $75K
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New survey out on Scott Moe and the Sask Party:
60% disapprove education
69% disapprove healthcare
67% disapprove how cost of living is managed
Oh no Scotty is in trouble!!!!
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No private school should receive a dime of public education money. Regardless if you think one private school is better then another. Not one dime!
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Teachers can not go to binding arbitration because the SK Party has not agreed to negotiate it. Meaning that the teachers can ask for complexity but if the SK Party refuses to accept it into an agreement the the arbitrator can not rule on it.
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Just so we are clear I really hope @PremierScottMoe realizes that if he continues to threaten teachers, teachers in turn will stop all the hundreds of thousands of volunteer unpaid labour. The Sk Party better realize that as they enter into the f@ck around and find out stage.
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It says a lot about a party and a person that @PremierScottMoe and @jeremycockrill are totally fine continuing to lie to Saskatchewan people because staying in power is more important than our children. Just think about that.
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Reminding everyone the SK Party has been using the students of this province as pawns for over a decade. They have eroded vital funding away creating less support and care. Remember that when you refer to kids being used as pawns. This isn’t a weekend issue, it’s a decade issue.
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Why is public education breaking and we are seeing the rise of private. The SK party conservatives are breaking it. In 2011 the Ed. Tax on Ag land was 7.08, in 2012 they cut it to 3.91. Today the rate is 1.42. Millions of dollars stripped from our kids so SK party can buy votes.
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In 2006 the average SK MLA member made $75,000. Fast forward 16 years the avg. MLA makes $120,000. The SK MLA’s have made a 57% increase over 16. The avg. teacher today in 2023 makes the same wage the avg MLA member made 16 years ago.
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I can’t believe I have to say this out loud. If the SK Party believes the cost of living in SK is going to go up 15% over the next 4 years and they are offering all the public sector 7%. They honestly don’t give a sh!t about you. Time to vote this party out.
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Only 2 provinces in Canada have decreased their education budget per student in the last 10 years, when I say decreased I mean absolutely destroyed it. Guess who….yeah the conservative scorched earth policy of SK and Alberta not caring about our children. Children deserve better
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10% of the population of SK (farmers) get $600 million dollars of PST tax exemptions, but Scott Moe and the SK Party are not paying the heating carbon tax because Trudeau is unfair. SK Party may want to have a look in the mirror at their own provinces unfair practices.
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How can we help class size and complexity? Manitoba has 16500 teachers and SK has 13300. Manitoba has only 15000 more K-12 students then SK yet has 3200 more teachers. Just think about the support our kids would get with this ratio as this would add over 1000 teachers to SK.
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SK Education Facts: in 2015 SK funded $15,200 per student. Today in 2024 SK education school board budget is $2.04B. Sk has 195,000 students avg. $10,500 per student. When teachers talk about lack of supports and resources it’s because the SK Party funds almost $5K less a child.
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This billboard cost the tax payers of Saskatchewan $15,000 a month. Just think about that.
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