Well, you sad sad people obviously can't think for your selves either... I keep hearing the same "Unions are Evil communists" argument over and over again... As an insider on these disputes, I have experienced both sides, and I'am definatly on the teachers side because most of what they want is a good thing... I why should large corporations and rich people get everything the easy way... spread the wealth...
No teacher makes 80,000 a year... even the most experienced teachers with as masters degree only make about 60,000. Only a person who lives, breaths and eats the shit that Harris feeds them would believe lies like that.
The fact that teachers get paid through the summer is irrelavent. They could be paid for the 10 months they work and still be paid the same, but I think it would be a much better idea to have the pay spread out throughout the entire year.
I don't think you could handle being a teacher either, they are some of the hardest working people out there. How many other jobs out there do you bring work home with you even though you don't get paid for over time...???
Unions basicly exist to organize a group and to solidify efforts. I'm sure Harris would like it much more if teachers were a bunch of small splintered groups, thereby making it easier to bully them so he can make the rich richer and the poor poorer...
I think that you are reading into Harris' propaganda to much, because he would like every one to believe that unions are evil. I'm sure you noticed the great pains he went to separate the union from teachers. Which is completly BS, because they are the same thing. The overwhelming majority of teachers supported the strike and you know it. You are just affraid to admit it.
And please drop the communist insults. This isn't the 50's any more, and there is nothing wrong with being a communist if thats what you truly believe in.
The teachers aren't the ones who caused the decline in our education, it was the Tory government. Massive funding cuts to programs and rapid changes made with out concern to impact were the cause of the two strikes.
If you'll notice Harris never once blamed the teachers it was always the evil unions fault. The unions did not start this strike, it was harris provoking teachers who would not stand by idly and let him destroy the education system. I have not met one teacher who didn't support the strikes against their the government changes out of their own free will.
Harris has done nothing for me but cause aggrivation. I'm glad I finally out of school because there will not be a quality education system in ontario...
I'm not so mad at the fact that people have to pay tons of money its the fact that the Government gets a 30% cut of the fees. This is no different than photo radar, except that everyone has to pay.
And lets not forget all the stories of price gouging by garages...
I have lived under the Ontario Tory regime to for the past 5+ years and have experienced all that they have done to my province. Of course he did what he said he would do, but so did Hitler. Point is, it doesn't make you a good person if you do what you say... It is really more important how you do things, and Harris couldn't have done anything more wrong. He cut taxes, but he downloaded a lot of costs to the municiple governments. Things such as garbage collection which used to be free are now charged for, and our water which used to be a small flat rate is now going to a per gallon fee. Basicly, what ever we got as an income tax relief, we lost through additional costs... Oh, and lets not forget our education system, ranked as one of the worst funded in North America. Our fscking books are older than I'am, and they're falling apart. That and our teachers have gone on strike twice because of how bad the have been treated by the government. Not to forget, our environment is being sold out to corporate interests, senior citizens are being killed off by the government because of health care cuts... Oh, and about the photo radar being a cash hog for the government, you obviously forgot the forced emmissions testing by the government, in which the government recieves a 30% cut and EVERYBODY has to take it. If your car has something slightly off, it has to be fixed before you can even take the test, not to mention that I have heard of some people having to have over $1000 worth of repairs done to their vehicles to get them up to spec... You should really consider removing Harris' d*ck from your mouth before you rant and rave about all he's done... Open you fscking eyes for a change...
Our taxes may be high, but at least we get free health care, and a crime rate 1/10 of what it is in the states...
No, people do not talk funny in canada... except for in Newfoundland, but lets not for get all the people in the USA that talk funny, such as southern US states, texas, california vally girls etc etc...
We don't have bans on "hatefull speech" we have bans on racism, hate crimes etc...
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Well, you sad sad people obviously can't think for your selves either... I keep hearing the same "Unions are Evil communists" argument over and over again... As an insider on these disputes, I have experienced both sides, and I'am definatly on the teachers side because most of what they want is a good thing... I why should large corporations and rich people get everything the easy way... spread the wealth...
No teacher makes 80,000 a year... even the most experienced teachers with as masters degree only make about 60,000. Only a person who lives, breaths and eats the shit that Harris feeds them would believe lies like that.
The fact that teachers get paid through the summer is irrelavent. They could be paid for the 10 months they work and still be paid the same, but I think it would be a much better idea to have the pay spread out throughout the entire year.
I don't think you could handle being a teacher either, they are some of the hardest working people out there. How many other jobs out there do you bring work home with you even though you don't get paid for over time...???
Unions basicly exist to organize a group and to solidify efforts. I'm sure Harris would like it much more if teachers were a bunch of small splintered groups, thereby making it easier to bully them so he can make the rich richer and the poor poorer...
I think that you are reading into Harris' propaganda to much, because he would like every one to believe that unions are evil. I'm sure you noticed the great pains he went to separate the union from teachers. Which is completly BS, because they are the same thing. The overwhelming majority of teachers supported the strike and you know it. You are just affraid to admit it.
And please drop the communist insults. This isn't the 50's any more, and there is nothing wrong with being a communist if thats what you truly believe in.
The teachers aren't the ones who caused the decline in our education, it was the Tory government. Massive funding cuts to programs and rapid changes made with out concern to impact were the cause of the two strikes.
If you'll notice Harris never once blamed the teachers it was always the evil unions fault. The unions did not start this strike, it was harris provoking teachers who would not stand by idly and let him destroy the education system. I have not met one teacher who didn't support the strikes against their the government changes out of their own free will.
Harris has done nothing for me but cause aggrivation. I'm glad I finally out of school because there will not be a quality education system in ontario...
I'm not so mad at the fact that people have to pay tons of money its the fact that the Government gets a 30% cut of the fees. This is no different than photo radar, except that everyone has to pay.
And lets not forget all the stories of price gouging by garages...
I have lived under the Ontario Tory regime to for the past 5+ years and have experienced all that they have done to my province. Of course he did what he said he would do, but so did Hitler. Point is, it doesn't make you a good person if you do what you say... It is really more important how you do things, and Harris couldn't have done anything more wrong. He cut taxes, but he downloaded a lot of costs to the municiple governments. Things such as garbage collection which used to be free are now charged for, and our water which used to be a small flat rate is now going to a per gallon fee. Basicly, what ever we got as an income tax relief, we lost through additional costs... Oh, and lets not forget our education system, ranked as one of the worst funded in North America. Our fscking books are older than I'am, and they're falling apart. That and our teachers have gone on strike twice because of how bad the have been treated by the government. Not to forget, our environment is being sold out to corporate interests, senior citizens are being killed off by the government because of health care cuts... Oh, and about the photo radar being a cash hog for the government, you obviously forgot the forced emmissions testing by the government, in which the government recieves a 30% cut and EVERYBODY has to take it. If your car has something slightly off, it has to be fixed before you can even take the test, not to mention that I have heard of some people having to have over $1000 worth of repairs done to their vehicles to get them up to spec... You should really consider removing Harris' d*ck from your mouth before you rant and rave about all he's done... Open you fscking eyes for a change...
Our taxes may be high, but at least we get free health care, and a crime rate 1/10 of what it is in the states...
No, people do not talk funny in canada... except for in Newfoundland, but lets not for get all the people in the USA that talk funny, such as southern US states, texas, california vally girls etc etc...
We don't have bans on "hatefull speech" we have bans on racism, hate crimes etc...