Comments by "Common Sense Craziness" (@commonsensecraziness7595) on "CP24" channel.

  1. Apparently putting kids first means a public school system that is 100% online.
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  2. Everyone on the bottom who are already so poorly paid, many of them have 2nd and 3rd jobs.
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  3. Shocking clarity from an NDP politician.
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  4.  @OutdoorsWithChad  Do you understand supply and demand? When one job type puts people in poverty, they look to alternatives. When there's an influx in labour (supply) that's greater than the demand (employment of better paid jobs) they lower the wages of that job. Sector after sector that used to offer a living wage are now either approaching poverty wages or already are. What you're talking about is a false choice while our economy dies, the wealth gap increases, and the middle class is completely gutted.
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  5.  @Noneofyourbusiness691  The fact that some people get paid a living wage is not proof that they shouldn't. It's proof more people need to be paid more.
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  6.  @---uj5gv  Agreed. They're already working 2nd and 3rd jobs.
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  7. Yes, how dare they fight for themselves. They should just take with their authoritarian government gives them! I hope you remember this when that same government comes for you.
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  8. The truckers rights were violated by an abusive, authoritarian government that used the nuclear option. The education workers rights are being violated by an abusive, authoritarian government that used the nuclear option. They ARE the same for anyone who has principles and not just a personal tribe bias.
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  9. If you thought it was wrong to violate one group's rights, why would you support violation of another group? Apparently you have no principles if you aren't equally opposed to an oppressive, authoritarian government in both cases.
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  10. They asked for 2.5%, they were offered 1.5%. Or, according to Steven Lecce, they asked for close to 50%. Liars gonna lie.
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  11.  @turntablesrockmyworld9315  I don't think they understand bargaining is a process either. Apparently their understanding of bargaining is one side makes an offer and the other side has no say in it.
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  12. Many Conservative politicians didn't show up to work today because they knew they were going to be protested.
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  13.  @tomh.7895  Who's using the children? The government wants public school to be 100% online. They just got their way today. They're loving this.
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  14.  @Dave-lj6vl  And just like in the case of nurses, the Ford Government can be expected to provide a private sector solution that will cost 2-3 times what it would cost to give the workers what they're asking for.
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  15.  @tomh.7895  They don't care about schools, they don't care about kids, and they don't care about the rights of Canadian citizens. You clearly don't get it.
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  16.  @Stroon92  I don't need to listen to ideologues. The NDP of today isn't Jack Layton's NDP.
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  17. You think people will be clamoring for a job that requires you to have a 2nd or even a 3rd job to not live in poverty? I'm going to call BS on that.
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  18. It's also about the Ford Government plan to make public school 100% online.
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  19.  @lysanderaurelius7810  They've talked about online learning as a substitute for years but were looking for an excuse to implement it. COVID gave them that excuse. Now they can claim it works and we should do more of it.
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  20. The Ford government wants a public school system that is 100% online. A service provided by their private, corporate buddies, of course. Think of the savings of all those pesky brick and mortar buildings!
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  21.  @nadinemcintyre8271  You just said originally it was 33%, so which is it? These are BS numbers dropped by the government. Not even actual CUPE members have any idea what their negotiating team is asking for but you think you do?
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  22.  @nadinemcintyre8271  Please clarify what you're saying. Are you saying 11% consecutive increases where the 3rd year tops out at 33%? Because that DOES sound ridiculous and I seriously doubt that was what was asked. This sounds like a lie.
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  23. ​ @xiSwizzHD  Confirmed by Laura Walton, President of CUPE, that the whole 11%/6% are lies. If they're not then Laura Walton is lying to every CUPE member.
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  24.  @nadinemcintyre8271  ​ Confirmed by Laura Walton, President of CUPE, that the whole 11%/6% are lies. If they're not then Laura Walton is lying to every CUPE member.
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  25.  @DCT-gs8lx  [I dont know where you got the $27 hourly wage from. ] $27/h is the very, very top tier that applies to less than 1% of the workers striking. That's why they quote it. Average wage of an EA is $18/hr.. not anywhere close.
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  26.  @rob-1873  Not everyone in CUPE gets those rates. Please share your online source. You can also find the previous contracts online and if you've actually looked at the numbers you know that's absolutely nonsense.
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  27.  @DCT-gs8lx  Looks like wherever he got that number from, it likely also includes vacation pay as part of the hourly rate calculation. And he thinks he's good at math.
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  28.  @rob-1873  No, see, you are the one claiming numbers so you have to say where they're coming from. I KNOW the numbers are different from place to place.
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  29.  @rob-1873  I ask you to provide your sources, you can't. You just keep repeating the same assertions. Just admit you don't know what you're talking about.
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  30.  @rob-1873  There's literally an agreement and it doesn't match what you're saying. You do realize rates are literally spelled out, right? But you quote numbers that clearly aren't applicable and have no context. You also can't provide any context. I'm not "comprehending" because you're incoherent.
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  31.  @rob-1873  Ok. I get it now. You're an idiot.
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  32.  @joshuarittenhouse4938  Yep, they're all hiding out from the protestors.
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  33. No. What's on the table is 1.5%, they're asking for 2.5%. But according to Steven Lecce they're asking for close to 50%. These liars can't stop lying.
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  34.  @srouji6  Except we have a mountain of evidence that online education is not better. But hey, it's definitely cheaper and that's what matters to them.
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  35.  @gordonwelcher9598  Very true. If you don't pay well-educated people properly they'll go elsewhere. Then what are you left with? Ideologues that don't do it for the money.
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  36.  @fleshwithoutblood  I don't think it's necessarily all misinformation. Listen a little bit longer to them, and you'll find most of them have no respect at all for the educational system or the people that work in it. This is just another thing to bitch about for them. A useful idiot in a divide and conquer strategy.
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  37. That's why we oppose those who strike! We want to usher in a public system that is 100% online so we can have our kids with us even MORE!! Brilliant! This shows we care!
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  38.  @tomh.7895  In Ontario they were doing online learning. That was their genius solution. And now that education workers are on strike, that's what they're doing again. Because ultimately, that's what they want to do.
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  39.  @tomh.7895  I think you've misunderstood. That's what the Ford Government wants. A 100% online school that they can farm out to private sector buddies (with a nice kickback as a thank you probably). [And the reason this is so controversial is because they asked them not to strike again for at least 5 years, because schools have been shut down for about that same amount of time ] There's a pattern of giving less. The last contract was 1% with inflation of 2-3%. After decades of that, you slide into poverty, which is what's happened. [At the end of the day, $27 an hour should be more than enough to be a babysitter,] Clearly you have no idea what goes on in a school and you certainly don't value education. Maybe YOU just think it's babysitting, but no one who does it as a job thinks of it that way, and all the work they do that isn't paid for is proof of that.
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  40.  @Stroon92  Then we need a 4th option. I don't vote for people that think it's OK to teach racism to children in the name of compassionate narcissism.
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  41.  @Stroon92  The Anti-Racism bill came from an NDP MPP. Ford put it through because he wants public education to fail. The NDP tabled it because they believe it's somehow a good thing.
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  42.  @chefboyrbuj817  Take a look at the cost of living again. You apparently aren't very good at math.
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  43.  @chefboyrbuj817  I've a masters in Economics, I know better than anyone how they move the goalpost to finesse the numbers of inflation. What are the core expenses? Housing, food, transportation/fuel. Those are 6.9%? You clearly don't know what you're talking about.
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  44. So an offer of 1.5% somehow is nearly a 50% increase according to Stephen Lecce? Does anyone have a translation book for Ford government lies? I don't know what this guy is even talking about any more.
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  45. That's what they're doing right now. The Ford Government future of public school - 100% online. No doubt provided by friends in the private sector.
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  46.  @joycealdrich  We don't even know what % is actually being offered because these people constantly lie. Steven Lecce just said on TV that they're asking for close to 50% increase - clearly BS. From what I saw the union asked for 2.5% and they were offered 1.5%.
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