The largest UCP government cuts to actual spending relative to budgeted spending were to the education ministry and the health ministry, which combined lost nearly $1 billion in projected funding.

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UCP curriculum advisors develop recommendations described as racist, regressive, unsupported by research, and "contrary to everything we know about meaningful learning."

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UCP funding cuts have forced the Calgary Board of Education to cut 70% of its bus attendants' positions. Not only are people losing their jobs but their absence will put special needs students at risk.

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Special-needs students will have less critical staff support this fall after the UCP provincial budgets cuts resulted in over 20,000 support staff being laidoff Read more

UCP education cuts have forced Edmonton Public Schools to cut 178 full-time teachers and 434 support staff and educational assistants positions for next year. Read more

611 full-time positions will be cut, including 429 educational assistants, from Edmonton Public Schools

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A tough year could be ahead for the 2020-21 school year as Elk Island Public Schools passed a slashed operating budget and cut 87 jobs.

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The UCP cuts to educational assistants in COVID-19 response, parents of kids with special needs say, will leave them abandoned. Read more

These people are education assistants, drivers, secretaries and other support staff, many of them working on the complex business of setting up home learning, and actually delivering it. Read more