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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Heather Mallick: Killing off CIDA teacher program typical Tory move (in the Toronto Star)

"There’s just something about advancing literacy, about travel, about self-improvement that sticks in the Conservative craw. I may be wrong about the teacher program — it may be simple pique that a government-union partnership was winning praise overseas. The Liberal critic for international co-operation, Glen Pearson, is furious that the decision was made on what CIDA calls a 'technicality' involving funding criteria.

"'Something smells rotten in this one,' Pearson said in an interview. He wanted to confront Minister of International Cooperation Bev Oda in question period on Monday and uncover the snag, while also mapping out CIDA’s changing priorities, but she’s away with an eye problem. Yes, that’s how this country is run.

"Durham MP Oda’s website news link hasn’t been updated since Jan. 17 (bridge in Uxbridge gets new sidewalk!), but she boasts on her homepage that her job is 'to enhance Canada’s reputation in the world.' She has just squished it with her shoe. Thousands of impoverished students worldwide will be devastated and hundreds of retired teachers have had their retirement dreams of usefulness dashed.

"So good work all round then."

Full article: Mallick: Killing off CIDA teacher program typical Tory move.

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