By Wili Liberman
There is bitterness and recrimination in British Columbia as both the government and the BC Teachers Federation dig in their heels on opposite sides of the labour disruption. And disruption is the reality. Calling the dispute a strike conjures the image of only two sides pitted against each other with a minimum of inconvenience to society at large.
In this instance, it is more than that. There are more than two sides at play. Students are being denied an education, to which they are constitutionally entitled. Parents are put out because their children are not in school and many have to scramble for home care incurring additional expense if they can find a place and/or more time away from work.
Wili Liberman is the current and founding editor and publisher of TEACH Mag. He is also the co-producer of the teen travel show Get Outta Town! and has written a series of fictionalized teen adventure books based on the show. He writes graphic novels as well, including The Shadowed Road, Ezra and the Lion Cub, and The Ruptured Sky, along with adult fiction. Wili currently lives in Toronto, Canada, and is married with three adult sons.
