Despite the appeal from the Teachers Union, BC’s Education Minister says the financial gap between the two sides is far too wide for a mediator to bridge.
The union’s call for arbitration or mediation is supported by the NDP Education critic Robin Austin.
Austin said “Someone who can go and crack heads, someone like the Vince Ready type of figure who can go in there and can speak to these two parties.”
But the two sides are on different planets when it comes to money according to Education Minister George Abbott.
Abbott said “if the TF is looking for someone to come along and cut the loaf in half and bridge between net zero and $ 2.06 billion, government will not do that.”
Abbott says work is already underway on legislation, but says that bill may call for limited mediation on non-monetary issues.
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