The Editor,
Open letter to students,
Many students are frustrated that teachers are not willing to teach. Please understand the government is demanding teachers sign away a B.C. Supreme Court ruling.
If we did that, we would not be able to face you in school, because our rights and freedoms are also your rights and freedoms. As you grow up, you will understand how important it is to protect those rights and freedoms.
Why does the government want to force this? They are spending tax-payers’ money in court and they don’t seem to want to spend it to help students in school.
The Broadbent Institute published some information:
•“The top 10 per cent of Canadians accounted for almost half (47.9 per cent) of all wealth in 2012.
•In 2012, the bottom 30 per cent of Canadians accounted for less than one per cent of all wealth; the bottom 50 per cent combined controlled less than six per cent.
•The concentration of wealth for the top 10 per cent is highest in British Columbia at 56.2 per cent and lowest in Atlantic Canada (31.7 per cent) and Quebec (43.4 per cent). Wealth inequality is also, on the whole, least pronounced in Atlantic Canada and Quebec.”
Is it possible the top 10 per cent don’t want to share the wealth? I encourage you to do more research and find out why some people think they deserve so much more than others. Make the most of this time to learn all you can about equality, rights and freedoms.
Patti Outram
Richmond
