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The Alberta Teachers’ Association would like to talk to Jason Kenney.

The 46,000-member association, which represents the vast majority of teachers in the province, wants the leader of the United Conservative Party to know it backs Bill 24, an Act to Support Gay-Straight Alliances.

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The ATA also doesn’t appreciate Kenney trying to put teachers in a position where they would be responsible for potentially divulging a student’s sexual identity to his or her parents without the student’s consent.

ATA president Greg Jeffery said he’s been trying to arrange a meeting with Kenney to talk about education issues. But Kenney just doesn’t pick up.

He apparently didn’t pick up when he was leader of the Progressive Conservatives. And he’s still not picking up as leader of the UCP.

Jeffery doesn’t sound bitter, just a little disappointed he can’t speak to Kenney directly.

“We are quite pleased with Bill 24,” said Jeffery. “It makes life a little easier on a teacher because certainly there’s situations where outside pressures to disclose could be applied to a particular sponsoring teacher.”