Wynne's pandering to teachers' unions costing our kids dearly

Premier Kathleen Wynne

TORONTO - In a bit of double-speak that would make George Orwell giggle, Premier Kathleen Wynne calls it “an over-correction.”

To those of us who’ve watched her government bow to teacher union demands, it was a massive cave-in.

She said a controversial regulation was supposed to deal with complaints of nepotism in some Catholic school boards.

What it does is force school boards to hire teachers by seniority, instead of allowing the school principal to hire the best teacher.

Tory education critic Lisa MacLeod introduced a private member’s bill Wednesday that would scrap that hiring regulation.  (more...)

Wynne's pandering to teachers' unions costing our kids dearly