Two significant differences. Korea is not a major world player with aspirations to dominate the world economy. China is. And is succeeding.
And Korea is a presidential constitutional republic with a liberal democratic system. China is a one-party communist state that is governed by the CCP which gives them a total monopoly of political power. A look into history says we should be leery of any party that operates with a total monopoly. So yes, very China specific.
According to the Alberta Institute, it isn't unconstitutional because:
the "notwithstanding clause" is Section 33 of The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which itself makes up part of our Constitution.
It is a cornerstone of Canada’s constitutional framework, designed to protect the provinces and all Canadians from judicial overreach.
"Parliament or the legislature of a province may expressly declare in an Act of Parliament or of the legislature, as the case may be, that the Act or a provision thereof shall operate notwithstanding a provision included in section 2 or sections 7 to 15 of this Charter."
And provinces would not have signed the Constitution without that clause.
Nice idea but a lot of teachers I know are parents with a family and a mortgage to pay for. Nice to say 'walk off the job' but when you've put in 5 years of university no one wants to start from scratch again.
Let's go with facts: When negotiations started for this contract in 2024, they were offering 8% to teachers and no commitment to more teachers. They moved up to 12% for all teachers and up to 17% for those in divisions with lower grids, plus a commitment to 3000 more teachers. They have also committed to 130 new schools in the province over the next few years which is a 9 billion dollar project. They definitely negotiated.
They're definitely linked. My daughter in law has had several incidences where the classroom had to be cleared because a child was freaking out and getting violently out of control and the school's protocol is to clear the classroom and call in the principal for help. Definitely affects safety AND quality of learning when there are too many kids with high mental health needs in a classroom.
And coincidentally, this popped up on lemmy today: https://www.spacewar.com/reports/Chinese_buses_have_major_security_flaw_says_Oslo_operator_999.html
It appears Im not the only one worried about Chinese control of EVs.
Yes, we barbarians in the west hate education. Thats why I have 7 years of post secondary with two degrees and my daughter is not only a Ph.D but an MD. Her husband is an MD. And my son is a school principal with his Masters. We're all just dumbies over here in lala petroland.
Since WHEN does the climate care about PER CAPITA emissions? Emissions are a GLOBAL problem which means the climate does not look at every person's output, it only matters what the TOTAL emissions are. And even if we totally shut down the oil patch it wouldn't make more than 0.5% difference. Thats a margin of error considering this is all based on computer modelling and the data inputs are what makes the most difference.
Lovely that China is actually trying to change its horrid practices. They are still 30% of the worlds problem. From ONE country.
The petrostate is here for another 50 years til there are better affordable, reliable alternatives. Get used to it. (The first time I heard oil and gas was in decline was in 1970. Yep. Still waiting 55 years later)
I was explaining the issue for the NON educators here my friend. Im an ex teacher and a retired principal. My son is a principal. My wife is a teacher. Two of my daughter in laws are teachers. My father was a teacher. I GET IT.
I was trying to explain the complexity of the situation for those who've never been in a classroom and don't understand that you can't just say "Cap class sizes" and be done with it because it's not that simple.
I read what the ATA was proposing about class sizes and it was quite logical and reasonable in my opinion and they did propose doing it over time in a graduated way, so I'm not sure why the gov pushed back so hard, still trying to research the arguments on both sides.
Not with my camera on I don't.
Well, those "ghouls" (seriously?) not only keep AB afloat, they make enough money so that we dont have to pay sales tax, which is a huge benefit to all Albertans. You only have to travel to other provinces to realize there is a MASSIVE difference to your wallet when you're only paying 5% GST instead of an additional 7 to 10% PST on top. That literally makes my life better every single day.
Secondly, those "ghouls" (eye roll) also provide a LOT of very well paying jobs in AB which is why we are a have province instead of a have not province with the highest per capita incomes (over $96,400) in Canada. I dont work in O and G directly but my son in laws do, and the people who use my services do, so O and G very directly enhances the lives of my family. Solar/wind/other powers are nice but they dont provide great incomes.
Thirdly I absolutely reject the whole 'climate killing' virtual signalling of those who decry O and G because I know that Canada only emits 1.5% of the worlds GHG's and the hypocrites who point a finger at O and G would not consider actually taking action against the 98.5% emitters, specifically China and the US. Have you stopped buying goods from China? Have you stopped traveling to the US or buying any goods from the US til they clean up their act? If you have, great, but 99% of Canadians haven't and they dont actually give a crap, they just like to point fingers at O and G and yell about the 'climate'.
Its far easier to point the finger at the thimble of pollution coming from Canada than it is to actually do something concrete about the shiploads and truckloads of pollution coming from the places where you cause it by buying all their goods. Take the plank out of your own eye and I'll take your argument seriously.
I thought the ad was good, especially since it used Trump's own hero to undermine his tariff tactics.
But I find it quite surprising that Carney would apologize since it seems highly unlikely he wouldn't have known about the ads beforehand, given his ties to Ford. But then again, this is Trump he's dealing with.