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“I can now confirm with them that we will be providing additional dollars, so now we will just be working with school divisions to determine the amount and frankly the timing of when these dollars will flow.”
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Beck believes rally made a difference
Opposition Leader Beck made it known she believed the rally at the legislature may have made a difference in the government’s response on the issue.
“I think the fact that there were 3000 people, teachers and supporters on the front steps of the Legislature, sending a clear this government, may have finally got- ten through to them,” said Beck.
She did express frustrations, however, over cuts that she said are coming about in school divisions already due to underfunding in this year‘s provincial budget.
“It has already meant that there were more teachers last week and again this week who are hearing about cuts to the schools and cuts to positions. I think it’s been incredibly disruptive and hurtful and disrespectful. But I am glad to see some funds get out to school divisions, but there’s a lot of repair to do, given that this is a government that’s underfunded education for a decade.”
