Jinny Sims
Jinny Sims
Jinny Jogindera Simsis an Indian-born Canadian politician, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2011 election. She represented the electoral district of Newton—North Delta as a member of the New Democratic Party...
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I'm confounded by his refusal to meet and find solutions.
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Other governments right across this country are able to sit down with their teachers, which include school principals, and negotiate settlements that put class size not only in private policy but enshrine them in collective agreements as well.
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The teachers of this province are not going to be broken.
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Teachers have the utmost respect for the law and judiciary. However, teachers voted 90.5 per cent to take a stand for public education.
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Teachers have spoken clearly. We will not be bullied into accepting another legislated contract that doesn't meet the needs of our students and doesn't respect our rights as workers.
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Teachers are taking a stand to protect and advocate for our students' learning conditions, for our bargaining rights and for public education.
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We are very pleased the courts have affirmed our position: that as teachers we have a legal right and professional duty to speak out about issues affecting the quality of public education.
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We believe this is a step in the right direction . . . a small step, but it's a step. I believe the premier heard our concerns.
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We could get to a table within hours. We could meet overnight and we could avert tomorrow.
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I encourage you to donate the salary that you earned while others walked the picket line.
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I believe that we had that understanding, and I will go to those meetings with that understanding.
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Yes, this is very different. We've been trying to find a way to begin a dialogue for the last few days. So we're pleased that we have one right now.
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Teachers are being forced to take a stand against an unjust law. It's this government that intervened and passed an unjust law while we were negotiating within the rules they made.
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The FSA tests are beginning to affect teaching and learning in a bad way. Because those tests are used to evaluate schools, students and classrooms, what's started to happen is teachers are being forced to teach to the test.