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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Liberals Calling For Rollback Of School Cuts

The provincial Liberals are calling on the Alward government to reverse it's mandate on cutting 2 percent from the education budget every year until 2014.

Opposition Leader Victor Boudreau tells CHSJ News educators and school officials have been telling them it was difficult enough to make the first cut and they're telling him they don't know how they'll do it again.

He says more people will be upset with the cuts after the school year begins when there are fewer teachers, teaching assistants and resources available. Boudreau maintains there are plenty of other departments that could handle cuts but the education department is not one of them.