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Home My WebLink AboutLEVY: ETFO gives teachers marching orders to vote NDP - Ottawa Sun - 06/05/2018 (2) - Ottawa Sun - 06/05/20186/5/2018 LEVY: ETFO gives teachers marching orders to vote NDP I Ottawa Sun HetTepics f:LASSIIHEC)S OBITS JOBS MIS WEEK'S IR-YERS HOME NEWS SPORTS OPINION ENTERTAINMENT LIFE MORE SUBSCRIPTION LEVY: ETFO gives teachers marching orders to vote NDP Sue -Ann Levy Published: June 5, 2018 Updated: June 5, 2018 8:03 AM EDT Filed Under: Ottawa Sun > News > Ontario Tourist dies after serious Hwy. 401 bus crash near Prescott /iia ��zn ii i '/iiia%viii They've designated NDP leader Andrea Horwath their new puppet and Ontario's largest teachers union couldn't be working harder to get her elected. According to information provided to the Toronto Sun, all Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) members were invited to a virtual rally last Wednesday on their lunch or nutrition break. ui Horwath says The purpose, according to the e-mail invite, was to "discuss key Ford family Ford f t raises questions education issues and ETFO's strategy to ensure education is front and centre in the upcoming election" i, 115 Given that ETFO's president Sam Hammond is adamant about getting Watclly: BATTLEGROUND rid of the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) and RECIPES: DeMontis offers http://ottawasun.com/news/provincial/levy-etfo-gives-teachers-march i ng-orders-to-vote-ndp/wcm/64c2l 5cO-6cfe-426f-8c11-abe7bf24c63e 1/4 6/5/2018 bipartisan election party options! Watdly: LEVY: #NotFord campaigner in high dudgeon LEVY: ETFO gives teachers marching orders to vote NDP I Ottawa Sun standardized testing completely — and his puppet Horwath has assured him she will do his bidding — I don't need to be Albert Einstein to figure out that the "key education issue" was indoctrinating teachers to vote NDP so they won't have to do those silly tests (which show how poorly they're teaching math, reading and writing). Change for the Better - Eliminating EQAO Frankly, I can't believe any teacher worth his or her credentials would be so disinterested in student learning to support the demise of standardized testing. As I've seen repeatedly, most teachers just want to do their best for their students. It is Hammond and some of his radical stewards who are pushing an agenda that moves the curriculum away from academics and standards to social justice — a recipe for more out -of - work graduates. But I digress. Hammond's missive to the teacher troops not only encourages them to cast a ballot (for the NDP), but invites teachers to volunteer their time on election day to get out the vote. "Candidates desperately need campaign workers to help identify supporters and then to get the vote out on election day," he writes He doesn't specifically mention that the NDP needs help, but a video with Andrea Horwath contained in the same memo says it all. OTTAWA, ON Light rain http://ottawasun.com/news/provincial/levy-etfo-gives-teachers-march i ng-orders-to-vote-ndp/wcm/64c2l 5cO-6cfe-426f-8c11-abe7bf24c63e 2/4 6/5/2018 LEVY: ETFO gives teachers marching orders to vote NDP I Ottawa Sun Yes it's come to this. The puppeteer has absolutely no shame pushing the provincial leader he thinks will give his union everything they want and more. Indeed it is always about the kids, isn't it? I reached out to Hammond for comment. Instead, I was provided a statement in which he contended that ETFO has "always encouraged its members to participate in local candidate campaigns of their choice and to vote on election day:' He says that this year in compliance with the new rules regarding union involvement in election campaigns (they can no longer donate money), ETFO is encouraging members to donate their time to campaigns on "weekends and on election day before or after school hours:' "The ETFO provincial executive has endorsed the NDP and encouraged members to compare the four main party platforms (no doubt chastising the PCs for wanting to keep standardized testing) related to education issues;" says Hammond in his statement. 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