22 May 2014
Premier Christie Clark
BC Legislature
Victoria BC
Dear Premier:
This tired old problem began with the federal government in 1993 when the Liberals reneged on their responsibility to fund the provinces adequately for the services for which we pay taxes. It is not a problem between adults, as you say, it's a major problem between governments, one of which, if not both, fully intend to privatize all services.
But none of you in government will tell the truth. Instead, you put the onus on teachers to take up the slack and get funding any way they can to meet their needs, even out-of-pocket. You even cover the truth by boasting of inputs of big dollars. In fact, those dollars are going down every year while every year the population increases, dramatically. Even the resulting increase in taxes doesn't accomplish what it should because the lion's share goes to the federal government and the distribution back to the provinces decreases every year.
Trying to hide this from the people paying the bills and shifting the blame to the people we need most in our society is very distasteful and the longer it goes on the more unsavoury it becomes. There isn't another name for it, it's lying.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing you tell BCers the truth, bringing us into the discussion like adults because this is not going to get resolved in any way until you do.
Respectfully,
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