The Province: B.C. teachers strike: Indecisive government gives teachers’ union the upper hand
Just a few days ago, Premier Christy Clark was all gung-ho to cut the teachers off at the pass and stop their strike before it even began.
“I want to make sure kids don’t lose a day of school,” Clark said, while insisting she wanted to declare the strike illegal before it started by rushing a back-to-work bill through the legislature.
“I hope we get this legislation in place before we see any further job action in any public schools in British Columbia,” she said.
That was Tuesday. Then the government morphed from tigers into pussy-cats.
On Thursday, education minister George Abbott said he “respects” the teachers’ decision to go on strike and the government will not move aggressively to stop it.
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