North Vancouver - Dear Editor: Re: Teachers lockout and strike.The latest information we have on the dispute is that the government is going to dig in their heels on this one.Mediator Vince Ready cannot deal with the gap between the two sides.
North Vancouver - Dear Editor: Re: Teachers lockout and strike.The latest information we have on the dispute is that the government is going to dig in their heels on this one.Mediator Vince Ready cannot deal with the gap between the two sides.I think a few wellmeaning individuals on both sides have forgotten something. We, the taxpayers, pay all their salaries and we are their employers.It is our students going to these schools and we are teaching them lawlessness and bullying.First of all, Minister Peter Fassbender should realize that there will never be a deal if he keeps filing legal appeals ad infinitum. The two court cases sided with the teachers on class size and composition and Minister Fassbender had better get used to the idea that he better abide by the rule of our court law or simply throw all laws out the window.Teachers also had better get reasonable on this issue. I went through the entire school system in the 1950s and 1960s. Our class sizes were always around 30 students per teacher. Five rows of desks six deep. Most of us graduated.Students are still learning today so the situation is not so dire as to lead a parade to the funeral chapel, or mental hospital.We, the taxpayers, own the schools and pay all the salaries, utilities, support staff etc. to keep the school system running.If our employees cannot play fair in this system it is time for the taxpayer to revolt and simply withhold all tax money from all levels of government.Leo VanderbylNorth Vancouver
