I woke in the night with a sense of dread. Early in the evening, I happened to see a photo of a family, with two cute little kids. This photo was being shared to out the children as trans— an attempted political smear.
The children were identified & made targets for hate. 1/ Scott Moe saw this as an opportunity for political points and power. He said it was to keep kids safe, but two children were identified casually by others, their family well known. There are mentally sick & deranged people out there, and now these kids have been made a target.2/

The k-12 public schools system is in crisis mode, but if re-elected Moe vows to attack gender diverse youth as his top priority.
When non-binary kids request to use a gender neutral washroom, they use the staff washroom w/ a toilet, a sink, and a locking door. No policy needed.🧵

https://twitter.com/leaderpost/status/1847004863403548959

The goal is to support all youth to feel comfortable at school, and to protect them from being the target of bullying. We do that by labeling a staff washroom as our gender neutral washroom, not dissimilar to how bathrooms work in our homes. 2/

“Principal” Gamache, from Legacy Christian Academy, now Valour Academy, isn’t a real principal. She’s not a certified regulated teacher, therefore doesn’t qualify to be a principal.
She had a duty to report abuse, and failed.
#skpoli
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vm.tiktok.com/ZMhFUJn8K/ Anyone can check to see if a teacher or principal is certified and regulated by searching the public registry at SPTRB.
As you can see here, they have no record of her.
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Fun fact: “school choice” was a term coined by the ultra rich. They don’t want a public system that allows all kids to thrive. They want public dollars put into their private schools while the public system languishes.
1/ The Kochs, DeVoses, and Waltons have been working to sell the American public on school choice and a voucher system for decades. Their obstacle? Rural folk. Vouchers would destroy their small town schools, & who wants to lose their school? 2/

This is the multi year funding agreement the SSBA signed with gov.
🔸Note that there is no way to compare this funding to previous years. In true Sask Party form, these numbers are carefully chosen to only allow for one carefully crafted narrative— that of increased spending. 1/ 🔸Also note, that this “increase” is followed by a 3 year funding freeze. We’ve experienced record growth in our public schools, and the SSBA jumped onboard for a funding freeze?! This seems mind blowing for its short sightedness. 2/

Natural prairie grasslands are the gold standard of carbon sequestration. They completely dwarf crop land sequestration.
Most of the natural prairie in Saskatchewan is gone, but that won’t stop Scott Moe et. al. from claiming we’re so sustainable we don’t need a plan. Incoming🧵

https://twitter.com/merlice1/status/1774435513241399798

Fire is a natural part of healthy cycles on the natural prairie. Old dead grasses burn, feeding new growth. The roots continue to sequester carbon deep down into the ground.

Inflation is being driven by two main industries— fossil fuels and grocery monopolies.
It’s going to be difficult to combat inflation if the general public has misdiagnosed the problem.
From Global: 🧵

https://twitter.com/mullin_95/status/1774152615804219545

A new report by the Centre for Future Work found that growth in corporate profits this year compared to pre-pandemic has been concentrated in a small number of sectors where consumer prices have also risen the fastest.

The Saskatchewan Party can find money for anything, except your child’s education.
Why aren’t more parents livid about that?!
They’ve stolen more opportunity from your kids than 🏀.
Let’s review what’s been lost…🧵

https://twitter.com/dragonfly_jenny/status/1769886501637099670

In 2009, under Brad Wall, the Sask Party stripped school boards of the ability to control their funding. Divisions used to be able to respond to the needs in their local community, but now they can’t. And just to quell the voices in rural Sask that say, our schools are fine.

🧵The Sask Party turns our attention any way they want with political stunts (not remitting the carbon tax, billboards attacking teachers, wiping out the Human Rights Commission), rage farming (against Trudeau, the NDP, the well educated, activists, union members), and fear… …mongering (lies about the past, lies about the carbon tax, lies about the feds and the NDP). They also lie to their supporters about history to manipulate their base into donating. This is their latest email requesting donations.

This misguided narrative needs to be framed within the context of Sask public
ed over the past 20+ years. Chronic underfunding sailed past finding efficiencies and has led to cutting essential supports (professionals)
& programs. I’ve taught in Sask for 24 years. I’ll explain.

https://twitter.com/pipeline_online/status/1749457026093134164

When I started teaching in the late 1990s we had robust supports from ed psychologists, occupational therapist, speech and language, therapist, counselors, resource room teachers, and ed assistants. Nearly all of that support is gone. What does that mean in practical terms?

Several people asked about the language used to describe SP MLA Domotor’s arrest.

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Regina police said its vice unit was conducting a project to combat sexual exploitation & human trafficking in the provincial capital this week & arrested 16 people, including Domotor.
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https://twitter.com/globeandmail/status/1725637467859202528

Trafficking, as in human sex trafficking?!

The Sask Party has become so corrupt & amoral that this IS the type of person they attract & promote to office.
Drunk driving, spousal abuse, mother-in-law abuse, cronyism and corruption. We’ve heard it all.

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In two decades, how have things changed in SK k-12 public ed? 🧵

My 3 boys range in age from 14 to 31, and I’ve taught for 23 years. I have some insights.

I started teaching in 1999, under the NDP. School divs controlled ed taxation & cost shared w/ the prov.
1/x In 2001, my oldest was in gr 3, & I taught his class, giving his teacher prep time. His class was large at 33 kids. One child on the spectrum with a full time EA. There were no new Canadians. Lots of kids needed extra help. 2/x

Ok, let’s talk about this whopper of a lie.
The Sask Party is NOT bargaining. They’ve sent in the elected school board officials with a take-it-or-leave-it salary offer. The government bargaining team has NO mandate to bargain.
1/x

https://twitter.com/jeremycockrill/status/1716217567432380419

The teachers have asked to negotiate on 10 items, salary is only ONE of those items.
What are the asks?
1.) class size & complexity— that government fund population growth and the learning needs of students. From 2015 to now, we’ve fallen from 1st to 8th place for funding. 2/x

My siblings and I were raised in a devout Catholic family. We were the family that had the priest over for supper, and my brother and I missed school to alter serve at funerals. My sister spent 13 years trapped in a marriage trying to be straight. 1/x She drank to cope and cover her pain. One day my brother-in-law asked me to go for coffee and he told me about the extent of her drinking. She’d be fired for being drunk on the job. She was a mess. He asked me for help, not knowing what was wrong. 2/x

In 2017, the Saskatchewan government expanded the PST making these items 6% more expensive:
💰children’s clothing
💰restaurant meals
💰snack food
💰ready made meals from grocery stores
💰used vehicles
💰home improvements, repairs, and renovations
💰insurance premiums In 2022, the Sk Government expanded the PST AGAIN, making these items 6% more expensive:
💰concerts
💰movies
💰theatre
💰sporting events
💰zoos
💰museums
💰tobacco
💰hunting
💰fishing
💰tourism

Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Division has made the difficult decision to cut teacher librarian positions, the entire gifted ed program in elementary, the Eco Justice program, cut most full time kindergarten programs back to half time, increase lunch fees for elementary,… …and introduce them for secondary.
#skpoli
#MakeNoiseForEducation
#GrowthThatWorksForDonors

I’m still processing this stubstack post from @tammyrobert. I can’t stop thinking about how much money these people and elected officials are making by rigging the system in their favour. @tammyrobert Our tax dollars are being funnelled into private pockets, MLA pockets, all while they tell us we can’t afford to pay for good public education and healthcare.
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Let’s be real for a moment.
This passport issue is divisive wedge politics. No white history is being erased.

If we really cared about the erasure of history, we’d be demanding mandatory Treaty education across Canada. We wouldn’t be fighting a battle against a “woke agenda”
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https://twitter.com/ericduncansdsg/status/1657785713801195521

which simply aims to understand how historic oppression has caused harms and then we correct those harms today.

We wouldn’t be fighting against anti-oppressive education (critical race theory) because we’d truly understand the historic harms and right them.
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Yes, renewable energy is already starting to phase out fossil fuels, and cost is a significant driver of this transition. The cost of renewable energy technologies, such as solar and wind power, has been decreasing rapidly in recent years, making them increasingly competitive with fossil fuels.

Climate breakdown is expected to have significant impacts on agriculture, both in terms of food production and food security. Here are some potential impacts: 🚜Changes in growing conditions: Changes in temperature, precipitation patterns, and extreme weather events such as droughts, floods, and heatwaves can affect crop yields and quality, and may lead to the spread of pests and diseases.

Yes, wind turbines do have some components that require lubrication and can potentially leak oil. However, it is important to note that the amount of oil used in wind turbines is relatively small compared to other energy systems such as fossil fuel power plants or transportation. Additionally, the risk of oil leaks from wind turbines can be mitigated through proper maintenance and inspection protocols.