Thread by @CupeAB

THREAD.

In a recent tweet, Jason Kenney claims he is not cutting education funding. This thread is to quantify each school district's cuts, in real dollars, as they face increased enrollment.

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1. Black Gold school division, cut of $2.7 million.
blackgold.ca/black-gold-sch…

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2. Calgary Board of Education, $32M in cuts. calgary.ctvnews.ca/alberta-educat…

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3. Canadian Rockies School Division, $0.7 million in cuts.

crps.ca/documents/gene…

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4. Clearview Public Schools, $0.4 million in cuts.

clearview.ab.ca/view.php?actio…

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5. Edmonton Catholic Separate School Division, $52 Million in cuts. edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…

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6. Edmonton Public School Board, $79 Million in cuts. edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/…

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7. Elk Island Catholic Schools, $2.4 million in cuts. sherwoodparknews.com/news/local-new…

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8. Elk Island Public Schools, $5.3 million in cuts.

fortsaskonline.com/local/elk-isla… #ableg #abed #abpoli

9. Fort McMurray Catholic School Division, $3.2 million in cuts.

fortmcmurraytoday.com/news/local-new…

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10. Fort McMurray Public School Division, $4.5 million in cuts. fortmcmurraytoday.com/news/local-new… #ableg #abed #abpoli

11. Fort Vermillion school division, $2.0 million cut. fvsd.ab.ca/about-us/news/… #ableg #abed #abpoli

12. Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools, $2.5 million cut. stalberttoday.ca/local-news/pro… #ableg #abed #abpoli

13. Lethbridge School Division, $2.9 million cut.

lethbridgenewsnow.com/2019/10/25/let…

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14. Medicine Hat Public School Division, $3.7 million cut. medicinehatnews.com/news/local-new…

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15. Parkland School Division, $4.2 million cut.

psd70.ab.ca/view.php?actio…

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16. Red Deer Catholic School Division, $2.0 million cut.

edmonton.ctvnews.ca/red-deer/it-s-…

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17. Red Deer Public School District, $3.5 million cut.

edmonton.ctvnews.ca/red-deer/it-s-…

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18. Rocky View Schools, $10 million cut. calgaryherald.com/news/local-new… #ableg #abed #abpoli

19. St. Albert public schools, $2.9 million cut.

stalberttoday.ca/local-news/pro…

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20. Sturgeon Public Schools, $3.3 million cut.

globalnews.ca/news/6140229/s…
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21. Westwind school division, $1 million cut.

westwind.ab.ca/about-us/news/…

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22. Wolf Creek Public Schools, $1.8 million cut.

ponokanews.com/local-news/wcp…

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Twenty-two school districts where we can find clear funding figures, all with sources. Jason Kenney has cut $222 million.

This is roughly 1/3 of the school districts in Alberta, although much higher than 1/3 going by population.

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So when Jason Kenney or Adriana LaGrange claim they are not cutting education, or that the layoff in Calgary of 200 teachers is a #yyc problem, there is only one response.....

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Kenney, LaGrange, and the entire UCP government is lying, misleading, fraudulent, dishonest, deceitful, and insincere...

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They campaigned and got elected on a promise of no cuts to education. That was a lie. A deliberate lie.

No one voted for education cuts.

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No one voted for cuts to education, but Jason Kenney blew a massive hole in Alberta's finances with a $4.7 billion tax cut to already profitable corporations that has yet to produce a single job. In fact, it's costing them.

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EDITED THREAD TO ADD ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT:

23. Buffalo Trail, $1.45 million cut. btps.ca/view.php?actio…

Thank you to @diane_harms for the info.

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@diane_harms 24. Prairie Land School Division: $369,000 cut.

drive.google.com/file/d/1tuZMBa…

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