It's good to see bargaining getting off to an earlier than usual start, with a facilitator in place from the start. Let's hope this helps the parties find common ground more quickly.

You can tell from speakup's comments that she has had no contact with teachers or schools since some unfortunate, negative incident in the past. Clearly, there is an agenda there, whether it be as innocuous as getting back at that teacher who assigned a failing grade on that Social Studies 9 project, or as sinister as being a paid spammer / troll for the BC Liberal party. Regardless, her remarks are consistently unfounded, inflammatory, and at best, ridiculous.