LOCAL PAPER PROMOTES OUTRAGEOUS COLLEGE OF TEACHERS/UNION BULLSHIT

This is so disappointing, disgusting, outrageous and gutless. I've recently posted here (Fri. June 8/12) about the LeSage Hearings and their very pointed criticisms of the Ontario College of Teachers and major improvements that are required to give that body transparency and accountability. Also just last Thursday I posted here my compliments to the Waterloo Region Record for their persistence and appropriate investigative journalism into secrecy by the City of Kitchener surrounding a land purchase. Now today the Record has this title on their Editorials page namely "Guard against false accusations". This appears to be a contemptible pacifier thrown to the Teachers Unions. Did they threaten to sue the Record again?

The Record claim in their Editorial "But the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario was also right, in responding to the release of LeSage's report on June 7, to highlight an equally concerning issue: false abuse accusations made against teachers." . "...An equally concerning issue..." for who??? Perhaps for the Elementary Teachers Federation who are so adamant that no teacher in their history can do any wrong whatsoever. This statement by the Waterloo Region Record is sheer collaboration in union misdirection and deception. Far too many teachers are appropriately accused of misconduct (not just sexual) and the ones criminally charged are convicted in the vast majority of cases. Apparently our criminal courts, as poor as they are, have no inclination to tarnish themselves by pretending that the Union's puffery and bullshit trumps student, parent and hallelujah even occasionally education insiders testimony.

As far as the further drivel and garbage presented by the Record that allegedly parents should be "held accountable" for levelling unfounded allegations, that is a huge red herring. Show me the numbers. This has never been any kind of a problem or significant issue as the School Board, Unions and their members have sucessfully squelched and dismissed legitimate allegations for decades. That is why the College of Teachers was implemented in the first place. That is why the LeSage Report was commissioned in the second place. There is a huge imbalance in power, money and authority and it's always favoured the Teachers Unions and School Boards. Shame on them and their toady, the Waterloo Region Record.