OTTAWA – NDP Shadow Minister for Education, Chandra Pasma (Ottawa West – Nepean) has released the following statement after news that the government is preparing attack ads against teachers and education workers:
“Teachers offered to start bargaining back in March to ensure predictability for students and families,” said Pasma. "If the government had come to the table in good faith and focused on reaching agreements, we could already have certainty for students, parents, teachers and education workers heading into the school year.
"Ford's Minister of Education, Paul Calandra, has wasted months on procedural fights, and now the government is wasting taxpayer dollars on attack ads while refusing to address the very real challenges of class sizes and school violence. Students in Ontario deserve solutions, not political theatre.”