I have the utmost confidence in the professionalism of my colleagues across this province. This column adds to a narrative that is pure and utter rubbish. Read the curriculum, study pedagogy, and maybe try to present balance ideologies like my colleagues, Ms Smith. Shameful.

Let’s not forget that this government passed a budget with a 275 million dollar shortfall that has resulted in job losses, frozen school budgets, cuts to supports for kids, and intense anxiety in the system. Those cuts are real unlike this “problem”

Let’s also never forget that this government hijacked our pension dollars without consultation or consideration to the 20,000 plus Albertans who asked them not to pass Bill 22. They rammed this bill through within four days. Ignoring the voices of the people.

Let’s also not forget this is the same government that ripped up a MOU that had strengthened a long standing relationship between the ATA and government when it came to curriculum redesign and then appointed a review panel within an active teacher on it.

While we are at it, let’s not also forget this government also quietly got rid of the word “public” in public schools and determined that they would no longer collect class size data—class size, one is the biggest issues in education today.

There’s a theme here, the problem with education today is NOT teachers, their professional, their dedication, not the ATA. It’s the decisions made by government that are the problem, not my colleagues.

If you truly cared about the future of Alberta, then you don’t start by undermining and eroding public education in the province. Cuts to education hurt our province and its future. Shame on you if you can’t see that. @albertateachers #abed