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Teachers want you to feel really bad for them.

The Ford government is after them. Just like the Wynne government was after them, the McGuinty government was after them and before that the Eves, Harris, Rae and Peterson governments were after them.

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Poor put upon teachers; everyone is against them.

Do you get the feeling that maybe the problem isn’t the government of the day, but the teachers? Or, at least their union leadership?

Look, I have a lot of time for teachers.

In my time in school, I had some great teachers. I also had mediocre teachers and downright awful ones.

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They are people, like the rest of us. They are not saints, they do not deserve to be put up on a pedestal.

We hire them to do a job, a very important job. Educate our children.

With three kids still in the system and one a recent graduate, I am not without experience in these matters.

Still, I am losing patience.

Can you point to a government that the teachers’ unions will not clash with?