As a source of background information, within this publication, we will chronicle some comparisons which provide food for thought. There are some data on what governments are spending on education in Canada, both provincially and federally, and how that compares both to previous years and also to what the trends are in the United States. Moreover, there is information regarding other most recent public sector settlements, as well as a table comparing the teachers' salary structure for the past decade. Hopefully, the overall package will provide teachers with some of the relevant information that will serve them well in advance of the upcoming collective bargaining process. Go To Top Canada is slipping badly behind in providing education spending Perhaps surprisingly to many outside observers, the days when United States schools were severely underfunded in comparison to their Canadian counterparts have long since passed.
Figures are in U.S. dollars.
Go To Top Councillors express their priorities Consistent with the most recent trends in government-negotiated settlements with members of the health care profession, teachers also want an improved health plan. That message came through loud and clear at Council when delegates voted overwhelmingly in favour of the need for the next teachers' asking package to have a health plan that would include prescription drugs, vision care and extended medical benefits. In the area of Teacher Welfare, councillors also voted for the need for 60 minutes of preparation time for each full-time teacher per day as part of the asking package, as well as the establishment of maximum class sizes in future. 1 Category VI was used throughout for Newfoundland. 2 Refers to category A4 in Ontario.