The EA's deserve the full support and pay increases they are asking for. A good EA is worth their weight in gold. My sincere respect for your daughter and her commitment to her students.

I’m sure she works very hard and I thank her for her work. I have zero education and all I would have to do is pass a background check and I could have the same job. What I’m saying is she might feel like she’s special and she’s doing a great job, but that job can be replaced in ten seconds.

bullshit expect the abuse from all the messed up people that should not be in a regular school. the "special" people need to have their own facilities to deal with their garbage. your daughter may make 31k now and I doubt she does but after a few years wow the special ed teachers do get kicked up in pay

What did she think she was going to make?

@@tedflowerpot6468 and that zero education is showing.

Ford only cares about himself. He gave the MPPs a 16k raise. He forces the most vulnerable in the province to live in abject poverty.

Yes! Cruel!

Funny they believe this is how a society should be. A city where it's workers are priced out.

Who is holding a gun to their head to stay there?

@@robs1714 Where should they work, Cletus? Are you pointing a gun at their heads telling them to work someplace else?

Either way it's incompetence and it's a goddamn disgrace. Makes me sick

I agree! I think the government planned this all along. They don’t care about the kids being in class they just want to attack unions and people who work in education.

... and if it were your constitutional right.. ... yeah.. you'd be whining for the next 10 years.. how about look around and take a real close look. The problem is clearly the government and over reaching. You backing that, makes you part of the problem.

I'm from the government and I'm here to help, scariest words you will ever hear...

Fn right they have an agenda they r well versed in what their doing f the trudo gov

they are working part time and they are entry level jobs. What has happen to this country where people whine insesantly about their lot in life. The taxpayer's are tapped out. I have a great idea, next time you do your tac return, forego your refund or send in an extra 1,000...and ask them to apply it to their jobs...I thought so, easy to spend other people's money when it is not your money.

@@dinomarchioli3650 I work 12 months a year. Not every member is an EA. But you’re a moron without an education so why would you be pro edu workers.

@@dinomarchioli3650 ...no they don't work part-time and no these are not "entry level jobs". The amount of disinformation in these comments is ridiculous.

Yup wife's T4 was almost $37.000 as an Education assistant.

@@dinomarchioli3650 Yeah they are working part time that is why they're not at work today lol

Quebec uses it all the time so WHY NOT

@@kenheyden First of all, Quebec shouldn't have used it, but given that Quebec has never signed or endorsed the Charter it really isn't the same thing. The issue for Quebecers is that in their province their government has never accepted they have the same basic rights that other Canadians enjoy. Maybe they should stop electing governments that are ok with that because that is a real problem. No Canadian should be exempt from basic constitutional rights just because their provincial government is dominated by separatists. But as for invoking the Notwithstanding Clause, nobody other than Quebec had used it since 1985 until 2017 when Saskatchewan used it. Since then a few other governments have used it, including Quebec twice, and each time it was extremely problematic. The Notwithstanding Clause is supposed to be the nuclear option for provinces so that their core interests could be protected from the interests of the majority being imposed on them, and invoked if all other legal or political options fail. Even then, the provision of the clause in the Charter was a timebomb. We either have guaranteed rights or we don't. Allowing them to be suspended at will was always going to be a tempting tactic for unscrupulous or opportunistic politicians. But given that the clause exists, any government using it should be made to make their case to the public about why there is simply no other option, and if the reasons aren't good then the media and voters need to make them pay a steep political price for it.

Hey, to be fair, they vote on it.

Why would they lmao? The whole trick of Conservative MP’s is “Rules for thee not rules for me”.

@@donm2067 They vote on what affects themselves - we're talking about people who don't get to vote on their own situation.

Getting a raise whenever they feel like it? EAs on average get $39’000 a year and over the past 10 years have fallen behind the rate of inflation

MPPs haven’t had a pay raise since 2008, so they think nobody else should.

Should a cashier make more than 50k a year as well as teachers? or should only teachers?

@@captain_dave_dave9517 pretty sure police officers have a - on average - fairly difficult job, let alone the daily risk, much more than any janitor, secretary, or EA ever will. I think they deserve their pay, cause most people, dont want their jobs.

@@fast2ghl Police not even in the top ten for dangerous professions, and when you're essentially an armed gang that protects rich people, you're unfortunately the one making your job dangerous.

@@fast2ghl nope, they are tax collectors. All overpaid, all guvt workers are, including these union assholes.

Welcome to the club... everyone is treated poorly these days. It's much easier to take when you get benefits and a pension added to your salary!

Cruel and malicious, because they're -- finally -- standing up to union tantrums?

based on teachers salary they are not working class, education workers are. Teachers are just greedy. The education workers are the grunts of the teaching world, they get the most difficult cases and kids. Teachers get to sit back and tell them what to do while making $100k+ and an inflation indexed pension.

@@choppa9688 CUPE doesn’t represent teachers, this is other education workers who make an average of $39,000 a year. But teachers are supporting their colleagues here and ALL labour has to stick together to defend our basic rights.

They hate unions.

I'll second that!!! He is the reason I started to watch BT again!

@@annveronica7795 Boring cynicism, like I haven't seen that before.

@@annveronica7795 So in 2019 he was paid to say the Jackets would lose in 5 games against Boston? Doesn't make a lot of sense to me, who would be paying him to say that? I bet the many Bruins fans at Sportsnet paid him to say it

@@annveronica7795 Why does it matter so much to you? At least he's speaking on the compassionate side of a very important debate

@@annveronica7795 Well hear it again, you clearly didn't get the message the first time.

This is because we (as a society) set a precedent by allowing the violation of our Charter of Rights during the Pandemic. Violating rights means nothing to a Government that isn't held accountable to it's people.

@@elduderino3236 there are hearings going on in Ottawa right now looking into this, Doug Ford is avoiding these hearings despite saying he would testify. Also, the party who is ruling in Canada is accountable to Parliament, not the people.

@@elduderino3236 none of your rights were violated during the pandemic. Certain privileges were restricted to protect people's lives. Not even remotely the same thing.

@@elduderino3236 Nonsense. Non sequitur.

@@Caesar316 Go tell that to the people that lost their business, their homes and their friends. Your trash if you don't think government way over stepped

Go to a corner then

Facts

I read most of the comments and only agree with yours lol

Blame the Liberals for inflation.

@@allanc5743 your mother blames you

We don't have the money we have over $400 billion dollars in debt it will just get worse with interest rates now rising

Maybe take the money from teachers salaries than ?

@@kookoo6128 this is a troll. I'm not falling for it Koo Koo. You obviously don't understand what EAs have to do for their job. My family has been very fortunate to have had one of the best EAs to help out son get through school. With out her it would have been extremely difficult to be able to keep a full time job, because the school would have called us everyday to come and pick him up. We owe a lot to her. Koo Koo you are an idiot. 😆

And the disabled who are always forgotten about and live in abject poverty. Ford sat on federal funds that were supposed to go to education, healthcare and the disabled he then claimed he saved money and put it on the deficit. He also gave MPPs a 16k raise

Yeah and the government is doing a fine job at breaking down our healthcare system too.

Which will be a lot harder to afford if we keep giving into greedy union demands. Even cleaners make above average for what they do. These are NOT being exploited and abused, and i've quit jobs that didn't pay enough or i didn't like for some reason. I didd sit on my ass and refused to work derailing children's futures. until i get my own way. I dont understand how anyone can support their temper tamtrum, its sickening.

Maybe you people will finally come to your senses (if you have any) when you taxes are through the roof or you can't afford to keep your grandmother, in a home anymore or the operation your kid needs because its no longer covered. Governments went broke giving into greedy unions!

Exactly...I'm a teacher and I WISH I could be out there with them. But I agree that our union in the past and present IS cowardly. Too afraid to ruffle feather or stick up for ourselves and others. They talk the talk, but don't walk the walk.

@@katbandit26 You need to walk the walk. They can’t fire every teacher.

@@katbandit26 Don't worry you will be on strike again

@@katbandit26 Exactly. I am an OT and I am disgusted that OTBU (Occasional Teachers) and OSSTF has not said or done any form of support. I pretty much hate all of them.

That sounds like coercion. We've seen this before, just a year ago. There was no public outcry. Why should anyone have any sympathy now? Do as your told, Charter "rights" are just privileges. You will be crushed for your defiance.

Imagine going to be in infantry right now. Making minimum wage a seeing the horrors of war while being yelled at everyday by bosses you can’t talk back to. Ya EAs are in a tough spot.

@@ryana3679 what?

@@hook275 EAs make more than a lot of soldiers is the man's point and he's right. Support workers in school aren't paid for their summers or school holidays. They are not full time employees and collect EI when they aren't working. Context is everything

@@joes5192 While soldiers routinely deal with mentally handicapped individuals, it's not a part of the job. Just accepting or giving orders, and being in a "combat zone" far, far away from where anybody could actually shoot at you.

@@ryana3679 Yeah we can talk back to our bosses it's no big deal nothing bad ever happens. LOL at least soldiers get witnesses.

Because they are criminals

I guess there's a slush fund buried somewhere that we don't have privy to

Rules are meant to be broken.

Keeping kids in class was not @fordnation's only job... Fact.. The government is not incompetent, CUPE is trying to right the wrongs of salary inequity that existed long before the Ford administration came to Queen's Park. 18% over three years is not realistic for taxpayers. That is why the supposed bat came out. Kids and their families cannot afford a long walkout. If he were to allow for collective bargaining, this would go forever. It is time for CUPE to get real. 18%

As if the teacher's union would allow any of their paying members to be fired for supporting another union- one that represents people who support YOU. Come up with a better excuse

@@kookoo6128 CUPE education workers haven't been on strike in 36 years. They've had regular negotiations, they've done work-to-rule, they've threatened to strike, but they've always come to an agreement.

Strike in July and august and stop holding families hostage and using the children you claim to care so much about as leverage . That’s when you will get more support

Do u tip? U know u can tip them right?

big business? this is about screwing the taxpayers find another job if your not paid enough

It is NOT a right is it a privilege, one that is been abused by greedy entitled, people acting like babies!!! SId doesn't know what low paying is!!! I couldn't finish listening to his profoundly stupid rant,. Kids aren't in class because the order is being ignored by greedy whiners whose pay and benefit packages I could only dream of despite 30 years in the workforce.!!

And the government has to stand up to unions, they don't have a choice, they tied negotiating and offered a fair deal, btw I've never had yearly raises of any kind, and only get a raise when my performance warrants it. If the government gives in to their ridiculous demands, it means higher taxes and or fewer support programs for the rest of us including the poor. who unlike them, don't have good wages for what they do,, steady jobs, pension plans and benefits and perks. Support staff are not the victims they're the bullies. For once i agree with the government!

Yeah ? And what about nurses , PSWs , police , paramedics etc . Should they be allowed to walk off their jobs and strike ? Time To make teachers and those working in schools essential workers . Long overdue or do you think students not getting an education essential ?

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Thank you for your statement. I don’t think a lot of people are aware of how much your statement is true right now. I am an ASD Educational Assistant. It is difficult for me to get a supply in for me because of the big shortage of EAs. And a lot of EAs have already started looking for jobs in other fields. With the actions of this government more and more EAs are realizing they need to look for another position with better wages. So what you are predicting is already happening which is very sad for our educational sector. By the way this contract is not about teachers but about the support staff ( EAs, custodial and support staff)

@@kookoo6128 Have you ever worked in a school? How did you come to your conclusion that they (whomever they are) are redundant? Who is redundant? How would you propose replacing humans in their role? Can you please present any research that backs up your ideas? The thing is that you will not be able to find any research that supports the idea the education workers are no longer needed. More often than not, comments such as yours come from a place not of knowledge, but of ignorance and anger. Ignorance of how children are educated, and anger towards educational workers. There is no logical reason for the anger as is often tied to a misunderstanding of how education functions and predudice based on a perceived negative experience. Misunderstanding and ignorance can usually be overcome through education and practical knowledge. The insights learned by doing the job provide people with a deeper appreciation for those that work in that field on a day-to-day basis. While everyone is entitled to an opinion, there is a difference between sharing an opinion and sharing an educated opinion. Debate is a good thing, but it must based on knowledge and fact, not just opinion. The old adage about walking a mile in someone's shoes rings true. The EAs and ECEs work hard everyday to help the children of Ontario. They're often sworn at, spit on, and bitten when working with students. You have to wear protective equipment over their clothes to prevent them from being injured. My question for many people is whether they have the guts and the love of those kids to help them as much as they can. Perhaps you should try walking a mile in their shoes. After you have done so, your opinion might just change.

@@kookoo6128 My question is, if you are ignorant and indifferent (as you state that you are) why do you even bother putting in your two cents worth? Have a great night.

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I’ve never heard of Sid, but I’m thankful this network visually and vocally supports Canadian’s rights. We’re all angry Sid!!

Good for them! Do they have a union in the states?

Yes they do

Well said John !

Lol never 😂

@@JohnJohnson-rl8vz sid is a woke clown

why would they do that when the government can just pay them more... oh ya lets sacrifice our lives instead of the government stopping being corrupt

@@chadwellington2524 First of all, it was my rhetorical question. Secondly, there is a common "knowledge" that politicians are corrupt. The question (not rhetorical) I have, why if anybody has an evidence of corruption, nobody brings it to the court?

This is what I’ve been saying all along ! Teachers , support your lower income colleagues

That is called Dictatorship.

@@Optimisticaries1981 right, every level of Government uses it power in a nasty way, look no further then then Covid

Sounds familiar... hmm... when was the last time they leveraged and coerced people and threatened their livelihoods? Something something jabs or jobs.

@@23ADeathTech I think you've just made a false equivalence between people protesting unjust work relations and people refusing to protect and safeguard their communities by looking after their own health in ways that are by no means either onerous or unprecedented. That sort of logical fallacy might lead you to a lot of wrongheaded conclusions. Better compare an apple with an apple than compare an apple to a donkey.

@@theyonlycomeoutwhenitsquiet how is taking something that doesn’t stop transmission protecting your community?

Only the people paying attention are outraged. That is not as many as it should be.

I agree, there should be outrage, but Ontarians don't live in Quebec, nor do we really follow their politics since we're more invested with our politics.

So Ontarians under attack from the Government of Ontario should be more concerned about Quebec provincial politics? Get a grip. P.S. Quebec has never done this to workers in a labour negotiation.

The difference here is the notwithstanding clause was used here against constitutional rights of collective bargaining

I'm sorry to hear that. The lack of support workers in the classroom is the problem. I work in an M.E. class and it has become very hard to integrate our beautiful children. This evil, non-caring malicious government truly has no shame.

@@gisellasturino2877 Again, I will disagree that it is this government that is the only reason for the problems facing the education system. However, I do believe that it is the reason things have not, and can not change. In my uneducated, humble opinion Doug Ford might as well be a Liberal. At the very bare minimum I am grateful for Virtual schooling. This is the best solution so far to the challenges facing families when it comes to an education for their children.

I think you need to check your conclusions. CONCLUSION: unions get people better wages, better conditions, and better benefits. GET UNIONIZED.

@@nmelodic6391 eww, gross

my wish is that Doug Ford destroys all public sector unions, fines then hundreds of millions, gives parents an education credit so they can afford to take kids out of public school and into private school so they can stop being brainwashed with this left wing ideology. lastly, a tax on all unions for their union fees, help pay off the debt they created. Nothing would make me go to sleep with a smile on my face better!

all over Canada too

@@SpectacularDisaster well said!

@@joshuarittenhouse4938 unions suck

No, the union did things that are very understandable when one anticipates negotiating in good faith. They know they'll have to come down, so if they don't ask for more, they will get nothing. The Ford government understood that too, but decided they will only negotiate in bad faith AND THEN violate people's Charter rights to a negotiated collective agreement.

@@nmelodic6391 they were Democratically voted in and used the tools available to them. CUPE did a terrible job at trying to settle for a fair wage increase and wound up poking an angry bear

If you can only strike when the government says its legal doesn’t that kind of defeat the point? The CUPE strike is “illegal” too, teachers are not working right now either because schools closed for the strike. Do you really think the school boards would fire all the teachers that would show up to the CUPE strike?

@@jaselee117 There is a process to be in “legal” strike position. They were in legal position when they announced yhe job action. Now yes they’re technically illegal hence why they’re getting charged. Teacher’s were directed by our director to be in school today and going against the direction is insubordination where as Cupe wasn’t dorected by employers. It’s a weird process for sure

@@BDON it just seems a little backwards that you need permission from the people in charge, to strike against the people in charge. And I feel like this strike at this point goes beyond unions and jobs, these peoples constitutional rights were violated. Whether you are a teacher or mail man it shouldn’t matter, what they did to CUPE they can do to us all. I bet you some teachers joined the protest and I am willing to bet no school board in their right mind would fire them for joining, can you imagine the optics of that, while most major press is so against this new bill, they would have a field day.

@@jaselee117 I agree this does go against our rights and is wrong, but where were the unions when these governments were taking people’s rights away and going against our charter during covid? They were all for the over reach then. No government should have that ability and and many people speaking out against it we’re being shut down by unions because it was “their guy” doing the over reaching. I agree it’s wrong regardless, but they should of been fighting against this kind of tyranny long before this.

@@BDON so just because the opposition got to do it now its ok? Who cares what happened before this is happening right now, everyone for the most part seems to be on the same page now.

If ur pay check isnt enough to afford the high costs of living in Chinada you have Trudork’s justinflation and communism to thank for that. Leftists got the hunger games society they always wanted so dont come crying n punishing the taxpayers for want u supported from the beginning.

yes everyone has their hand out wanting more money for the government but no one wants to pay for it

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Ranting is his forte in both sports and politics.

@@PQV-8898 he’s a beauty isn’t he?

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It is the government keeping them out when the government on purpose bargained in bad faith, and then REFUSED to bargain and just demanded the EAs and others give up their right to strike, AND THEN passed a law that violates their Charter rights!

Unpopular question: do you care to hold Ford accountable for tax cuts to the rich and big contracts for his cronies?

From the same place they give themselves thousands in raises...duh

Apparently the government posted a 2.1 billion surplus September 2022. Oh wait that may be used to line their pockets next summer.

Ford's standing up for the mere taxpayers, who've been held hostage and extorted for far too long by CUPE and its ilk. They issued a strike notice even before negotiations started -- talk about 'bargaining' in bad faith!

14 bucks cant even get you lunch anymore

@@chadwellington2524 I can get a pretty good lunch for $14.00. Maybe three, if I put in a teeny bit of effort and make it myself.

Except the sky is actually Violet. He is wrong about that.

Facts

What a croc

@@gisellasturino2877 I wonder what grade you -groom- teach?

@@theadventuresofjimmycrapol8827 hey Jimmy...I'm not "woke". I despise that crap and so do the teachers I work with.

the teachers arent spreading the gender bender agenda the satanists are

"Cost of living corrected itself to make two incomes necessary to run an average household" "The healthiest happiest kids I know are homeschooled " Hmmm...

Might want to look at the data regarding the success of the public school system through the years. Fact is, Lecce comes from private school, has kids in private schools and along with Ford is doing the not so subtle dance of undermining public education so that private enterprise will prosper. Same thing happening in health care and other areas of public service. This is just the beginning. To fault public education and refer to it as “babysitting” indicates that you have no connection to a real school with real teacher professionals. Please do the research before commenting and put that research in context. Lazy words drive entrenched opinions further into Lalaland and beyond the scope of an informed public. As for homeschooling, the topic of your post… don’t disagree that it can be a great approach to educating your kids, but there are a few issues you seem to have missed, as per Alex’s comment… and not all home schooled kids do well in that environment just as not all kids will do well in a public or private school setting.

I actually like your statement but please read it again because everything you stated is true but I don’t think you realize that the government was in control of all the situation you listed. I can assure you there was no loaded gun held to the governments head when it agreed to all this

Fact: You're a blatant misleading liar.

Who gets this, just because they are in a union. I work in automotive and I make alot less. Unions are holding parents hostage to get what they want how is that fair. They do not like it find another job, this is nuts.

@@Pabloppicaso1968 My information is from the government itself which is negotiating with the union. What is misleading about the truth?

Thats how negotiations work. You go high, they go low. Meet in the middle. They haven't gotten a wage increase in ten years. Thats not right

I’m all for janitors making more money if I had to deal with these little brats daily I would need some compensation lol….

If you are young I would suggest going into politics! The pay is good and benefits are amazing!

Sid's an idiot and works for the biggest left wing snowflake next to CBC.

is your 5 month old in school

@@billmcnally1011 5-year-old

People are selfish and Unions are greedy. Tax payers' money is a cake, everyone wants to bite.

Yup, Sid is the reason I started watching BT again!

You missing hearing a moron spew information in complete ignorance?

You should run for office if you think you can do a better job.

@@allanc5743 anyone could do a better job they arent even trying to help Canadians look at inflation record higher in 40 years all on purpose they just blame covid and Ukraine while they fill their own bank accounts

Agreed, but for some reason, ppl keep voting against their self interests

Not true all county classrooms were open through Covid and for that classroom you need EAs and that’s who is fighting for their rights today

Especially on the tax-payer funded CBC (a.k.a. the Censorship Broadcasting Corporation), but that for sure would never happen.

Your grandfather would be ashamed of you. You support socialist "teachers" whose goal is to lead our children down the garden path to communism and degeneracy. Shame on you.

@@zachfarrell234 well, who's going to teach them science? You? What about something more generalized, like people skills? You? Who will keep them out of prison? You???

@@Geoffzilla I'm up for it. My homeschooled daughter is in college now, so A) yes, I can teach them science or whatever else they need, and B) teachers aren't really as necessary as you think. And since when do teachers keep kids out of prison? That's the parent's job.

@@zachfarrell234 really? Parents job? They're not doing so well, are they? But, hey, just ask them how important the school system is. I mean in actuality, not just in your lies and fantasies, as in your trolling claims above. Considering the statement you deleted, I suspect you've taught no one anything ever. But your claims aren't important. Those of parents with actual kids who actually want them to actually succeed in life are the claims that are important. Not...yours. and THEY tell us they support our labor action AS WELL AS our fight against the illegal use of MARTIAL LAW. You see.

@@Geoffzilla Stop taking whatever meds they have you on.

Exactly. Or if you dont make enough, get another job to make ends meet.

Ford never was for most of the people... he just pretended to be. He loves his rich buddies, especially his developer pals who want to pave over farms and natural areas.