Victoria, BC
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Robin Tosczak retweeted
Still not sure how you're voting on Saturday? Check out this handy breakdown of where the two parties vying to form government stand on public education, issue by issue: act.bctf.ca/iteachivote #ITeachIVote #bcpoli #bced #BCElection2024
Robin Tosczak retweeted
From the mouths of billionaires:
“The NDP focuses on penalizing the uber-successful one per cent with high taxes that the successful can afford…the successful sacrifice their lives, health, and time with their families, and the lazy voter benefits.” #bcpoli
Robin Tosczak retweeted
Chip Wilson really knows how to win ppl over vancouversun.com/news/chip-w…
Robin Tosczak retweeted
Two of BC's largest unions have issued a letter to members outlining what’s at stake for public education in #BCElection2024. “We face a critical choice,” BCTF President @ClintJohnston7 and @CUPEBC President Karen Ranalletta write. Full letter: bit.ly/408a9jV #bcpoli
Robin Tosczak retweeted
And he wants a career in public life? Democracy is a participation activity if you can’t even pass the lowest bar of that career choice, facing questions, then maybe find something else to do with your life.
Global News visited Brent Chapman's campaign office on Tuesday morning but he refused to come out and answer questions.
WATCH: trib.al/jqvL9IQ
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The knee-jerk hate replies to this post are disgusting. @InclusionBC is a valued non-profit organization advocating for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and Conservative supporters are flinging garbage at them. Cut it out, bullies.
Inclusion BC is disturbed by the @Conservative_BC platform on education.
Research in Canada and around the world shows us that all students learn better in inclusive classrooms. (A thread🧵)
#BCElxn2024 #InclusiveEducation
Robin Tosczak retweeted
If anyone is wondering where the #bcpoli discourse has gone, read the replies. Some folks see the word “inclusion” and respond with the homophobic slur “groomer,” when this is an association that supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Inclusion BC is disturbed by the @Conservative_BC platform on education.
Research in Canada and around the world shows us that all students learn better in inclusive classrooms. (A thread🧵)
#BCElxn2024 #InclusiveEducation
Robin Tosczak retweeted
Inclusion BC is disturbed by the @Conservative_BC platform on education.
Research in Canada and around the world shows us that all students learn better in inclusive classrooms. (A thread🧵)
#BCElxn2024 #InclusiveEducation
A few weeks ago I was glad to talk with @HarrisonMooney about the threats of indoctrination, book-banning, and transphobia in #bced. Unfortunately, the BC Conservatives seem set on pushing all three.
“Education is not about politics,” John Rustad said in 2002. Now, if elected, he’s proposing to review B.C. school books to ensure they’re “neutral.”
By whose standards? @HarrisonMooney writes. #BCElxn2024
thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/09/…
Robin Tosczak retweeted
Read this: Unpacking Rustad's Pledge to Review BC's Textbooks via @HarrisonMooney @TheTyee thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/09/1… @rbntzk @PublicEdBC
Robin Tosczak retweeted
Call me old-fashioned, but where I’m from (the mean streets of North Vancouver), if you’re a politician needing legal counsel to account for hate, reprehensible conspiracy theories, and guano opinions you’ve expressed…
…you should just resign.
Let me be clear, the Quebec Mosque Shooting, Aurora, Orlando, and Sandy Hook were all very real mass shootings — innocent people lost their lives, and we should all mourn these tragedies.
What I was trying to say is the whirlwind of US media and commentary makes everything chaotic and confusing to people watching the TV. People’s understanding of what’s going on changes from moment to moment and it’s all just so difficult to understand.
News commentators and all of their political angles, particularly when it comes to US media, don’t make things any easier.
Sadly, these mass shooting incidents and the deaths they have caused are all very real. I sincerely wish they weren’t, because they’re horrific and needless tragedies.
Following advice from legal counsel, I will no longer be commenting on this matter or any other matter related to social media posts from years ago.
I absolutely remain committed to standing up for everyone in Surrey South.
Robin Tosczak retweeted
It’s a very concerning platform that they have unsuccessfully attempted to sanitize so it appears more mainstream/normal. There are also some oddly specific items in it. Overall, the weirdest and most disturbing education platform that I’ve read. #bced #BCElxn2024 #bcpoli
Some significant changes to the @Conservative_BC education platform yesterday from its first emailed release (left) to a rewritten version on its website (right).
- Deleted "remove classroom material that instills guilt based on ethnicity, nationality or religion" to "ideological neutrality of classroom materials"
- And deleted "empower teachers and school administrators to main discipline" to "support teachers and administrators"
- And changed ensuring parents informed of "any significant ideations" to "suicidal ideations" expressed by their child.
Robin Tosczak retweeted
So at this point, a costed platform is still missing & the BC Conservatives' education plan is being rewritten on the fly
With healthcare arguably the #1 issue for #bcpoli voters, we still haven't seen that plan; their website has near zero detail
General voting day is Saturday
Some significant changes to the @Conservative_BC education platform yesterday from its first emailed release (left) to a rewritten version on its website (right).
- Deleted "remove classroom material that instills guilt based on ethnicity, nationality or religion" to "ideological neutrality of classroom materials"
- And deleted "empower teachers and school administrators to main discipline" to "support teachers and administrators"
- And changed ensuring parents informed of "any significant ideations" to "suicidal ideations" expressed by their child.
Robin Tosczak retweeted
An important #bced 🧵. If you care about our public education system in BC you should read this before you vote. #bcpoli #BCElxn2024
The BC Conservative Party has released an education platform that shows a deep misunderstanding of public schools and what students in them need. #BCElection2024 #ITeachIVote #bcpoli #bced 1/9
The election is on Saturday. Let’s do what we can to ensure the BC Conservatives’ disastrous education platform does not become reality. Schools need more support, not less, and we need a government that will keep working together with teachers.
The BC Conservatives’ education plan avoids any of the actual needs in #bced & instead distracts with harmful rhetoric targeting 2SLGBTQIA+ students, IBPOC communities & students with disabilities. And it clearly signals an attack on teachers, in a bargaining year no less.
The BC Conservative Party has released an education platform that shows a deep misunderstanding of public schools and what students in them need. #BCElection2024 #ITeachIVote #bcpoli #bced 1/9
Robin Tosczak retweeted
The BC Conservative Party has released an education platform that shows a deep misunderstanding of public schools and what students in them need. #BCElection2024 #ITeachIVote #bcpoli #bced 1/9
Robin Tosczak retweeted
“From the outside, it all might seem extremely weird. But there’s reason for the rest us to be worried about what’s happening in BC. The election there is a glimpse into our future as a country if nothing changes, one where..” 1/2
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Robin Tosczak retweeted
Opinion: John Rustad flirts with the truth - a troubling pattern among politicians these days /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
