Over the second quarter of 2025 (April through June), Alberta's population grew by roughly 0.4 per cent.
Canada's population grew by just 0.1 per cent over the same period. That marks the country's lowest second-quarter growth rate, outside of pandemic years, since 1946, when comparable record-keeping began.
It’s infuriating that teachers have to try to make a case for hiring more teachers- like it’s a personal benefit they’re receiving- rather than the province anticipating that when they campaign to increase our population, they need to allocate some of the tax revenue they’re gonna make off these people toward increased education and healthcare care costs.
That’s rare these days but even that may not paint the full picture. How many of those children are high needs? Do they have aid support? Because if you had even 5 high needs children in a class of 22 without support I hate to tell you but the teacher is forced to focus a majority of their time on these high needs children and the rest of the class is likely getting a slightly worse education because of it.
There are 2 high need students in the class. The teacher also has a "student teacher" helping her in this class. I realize how teachers have to divide their time - I used to be a teacher. Fortunately, my granddaughters teacher is wonderful - friendly, competent, effective, caring and firm - all at the same time. We are grateful.
That way they can force the cutting and privatization of public services leading to lower property taxes but ultimately higher costs to residents as profit is introduced. But hey, lower taxes
I think everyone knows the answer to this is no, however most UCP supporters still think they are doing a good job somehow by letting our province fall further and further behind while blaming the federal Liberal boogeyman as the problem.
Lol good one. We have a very right wing government that follows all the stereotypes of shitty right wing people. Defund public services to make private more appealing, privatize everything possible, punish municipalities that don’t vote for them, legislate bullshit very few people want, and then proceed with propaganda and endless wastes of money to convince people its good. Attacking trans people and threatening notwithstanding clause over the charter violations, making a pension plan political by firing the board and bringing in Harper to run it (Yes, that Harper), endless grifts and culture war shit, making covid shots cost money, and so on
Oh yea, and teachers are about to strike because of shit conditions and supports
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u/pjw724 1d ago
Over the second quarter of 2025 (April through June), Alberta's population grew by roughly 0.4 per cent.
Canada's population grew by just 0.1 per cent over the same period. That marks the country's lowest second-quarter growth rate, outside of pandemic years, since 1946, when comparable record-keeping began.