Basically all of the progress we've made in BC in the education system (funding cuts notwithstanding) over the last 7 years is to be rolled back.
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Cops back in schools
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A return to grade-letter ranking for grades 4-9
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Ending SOGI123 (sex orientation / gender identity inclusive programme)
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Subsidies for private schools and home schooling parents
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Removal of attempts at making white people guilty for genociding the natives
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Re-instating all the standardised tests that we got rid of because they're fucking useless
I absolutely fucking hate these people. I'm no fan of the BCNDP but definitely hoping they'll eek out a victory because god damn.
The B.C. Conservatives have unveiled their education policy plans about six days before the Oct. 19 voting day.
Damn, I knew Canada had short election cycles but that's a bit much lol.
They are very purposefully hiding a lot of their ideas from the public because they're very well aware that the more the public knows about them the less popular they become. A lot of their candidates have even ducked out of the all-candidates debates entirely for this reason.
Cops back in schools
oh wow, I didn't even know we ended that. Or grade letters for grades 4-9.
But yeah it's absolutely terrifying that this regressive shit essentially makes up 50% of the population's political support.
Yeah they've done a lot of good work reforming the very outdated school curriculum. I think some school districts still opt to have pigs in their schools but it's up to each district? I dunno.
This prediction seems like it might come to fruition. Honestly, this would be my ideal result. I think the NDP has done great things with housing and education, but the shit like LNG, fracking and old growth logging make a total mockery of their "CleanBC" plan.
