Kelly Road Students Jump Start Student Protests
RCMP Officer urges one group of students to move back 10 feet off the highway
Prince George, B.C.- The planned student protest in Prince George got underway over the past hour as students from Kelly Road Secondary School in the Hart, hit the intersection of Highway 97 and Austin Road.
With signs that read"Abbott failed, where’s Costello", "Gov’t Sucks" "Negotiate, not Legislate" and "Reading Writing Anarcy" ( anarchy was spelled incorrectly on the sign) students stood on each corner of the intersection, urging passing motorists to honk their horns in a show of support for the teachers.
Students had spray painted the snow banks on the 4 corners of the intersection with messages of support for the action of the teachers ( see photo at right). 
Teachers across B.C. will be on legal job action Monday, to press their displeasure with Bill 22 which will legislate an end to job action, maintain the contract at the former contract rate, and appoint a mediator to handle other issues in the long standing contract dispute.
RCMP officers attended the scene, and while advising students they recognize the students have a right to protest, they called on the students to move back, 10 feet off the main highway, for safety reasons.
The protest is one of two set for today in Prince George.
At 1:30 this afternoon students are expected to gather on the grounds of PGSS to show their support for the job action.
Below, after being told to move back by 10 feet, three students climbed to the top of a snowbank to spread their message:
Comments
Love it! Next protest should be our city hall!
Please list all the “Rights” you have.
One is to pay Taxes, next please
What’s your point Outwest? As long as they keep it respectful and non-violent, they have a right to free speech……even if they don’t pay taxes.
No representation without taxation.
We have been discussing the teachers negotiations with our teenager, and how increases are paid for. This is an excellent lesson in politics for those kids. Peaceful protest is a start in how to fight against what you perceive as injustice. Perhaps they will learn to not just sit by and let the government they were involved in electing rail road them, as older generations seem apt to do. In just a few short years they will be voting, and it would be wise for our representatives to remember that.
Also, the kids in our lives represent a vast amount of spending power, and therefore taxation.
I have a student in grade 12 and we have discussed the issue of the teachers/government.
I say go for it as long as they are respectful of others and it is legal. This student knows right from wrong, has manners, as many of his friends do. I have taught him to stand up for his rights the same as my parents did for their kids. No bullying in any form. Good for the parents of these kids for letting them make a statement they believe in.
Kuddos to these young people. There are to many adults, never mind young ones, that sit back and just complain,(Very apparent on some of these postings :)) then have the audacity to call anyone that stands up for their rights trouble makers etc. We still live in a free world.
Outwest – “Please list all the “Rights” you have. One is to pay Taxes, next please”
Guess what, many students do work and pay taxes – it does not matter if they get it back at the end of the year from their jobs. Don’t forget the HST, fuel tax etc…..Not all parents baby their kids….
Your point is ranban68 and outwest?
One more thing, Kuddos to the RCMP in looking out for the students safety and reminding them.
The constable sure looks small compared to those teen-agers.
middle finger – the constable must be older and not eat food with all of the hormones etc in it ;)
aaahhhhh….the ignorance of youth.
rayban68 – I had a job and was paying taxes when I was in high school. What makes you think none of these people are?
sad that the kids like mine who realize you can’t brush up on all the issues in an afternoon or take one sides word as gospel had to deal with pressure from their teachers to go join. They stayed in class and did their work while being dished BCTF propaganda, and asked why they didn”t support them, absolute crap
Or maybe these students along with a good majority of the people of BC do not believe the propaganda that this Liberal government has been handing out for the last 11 years.
Liberal propaghanda that included if we lower corporate tax and royalties on resources, business will invest and hire so many workers that the tax cuts to business will be more than offset with tax paid by the abundance of jobs.
Well they got it half right, business has come to BC for the firesale, unfortunatly the cuts in corporate tax has not been offset. Here we are in BC, BROKE, and we can’t get our resources to the boat in Rupert fast enough.
But wait, if we take a wage cut or do not ask for an inflation adjustment, perhaps pay a few more user fees, we might be able to balance the budget down the road.
Oh, and maybe a 1% increase to corporate tax….shhh….don’t say that too loud….we took that from the NDP….don’t tell anybody but our plan is not working.
Now we know what the teachers have been teaching lately. It wasn’t the 3 R’s.
Taxed out – public support of the teachers is FAR from “a good majority”. Look up the polls. Having said that we talked with our kids and showed them the issues and told them they could participate if they believed in it. If they are trying to make a difference then go. If it is peer pressure or just looking to miss a class then forget it. One attended and one didn’t and I respect their choices as they have studied the issues. Talking with them is interesting – some of the teachers are spending more time pushing propaganda than teaching so they might as well be on strike.
The constable’s caboose needed the room on the road! “ouch” !
So what your saying interceptor is, your kids came home from school and both wanted to support the teachers, but you were then able to convince at least one of your kids not to?
sometimes when you are presented with both sides of an argument instead of just the one it can have that affect. My kids both said they didn’t know enough about the issues to join and stayed in school, for that they got to watch a pro BCTF You Tube video presented by their teacher and explaining to them why they should leave class. Wise way to spend class time, and leaving me the weekend to explain politics to kids.
Yes Taxedout. You nailed it. Its always better to only have one side and blindly follow instead of makinng an informed decision.
Great, so the BCTF uses the kids as hostages and pawns at the same time. It’s a win-win for them!
Someone should explain to the students that supporting the teachers means higher taxes. You would figure someone with the user name ‘Taxed Out’ would know this.
Maybe the parents can take some of the teachers wanted increases directly out of the kids’ allowances. I wonder if there would be support then?
Did you not read my first post JohnnyBelt, looks like your BC L:iberals will be raising taxes. Also alot of the personal tax savings have been replaced by user fees. User fees that don’t apply to corporations as they do not require the services these fees are charged for. Like I said in my original post JohnnyBelt….WHERE IS THE MONEY!!!
“Did you not read my first post JohnnyBelt, looks like your BC L:iberals will be raising taxes.”
Yup. The cost of sustaining the system is skyrocketing, and the teachers are a part of that. Are you expecting your beloved NDP to lower taxes? Good luck with that thought.
No, I was not JohnnyBelt….I expect them to raise taxes….lowering taxes is unsustainable….just ask your BC Liberals who have now discovered their philosophy has failed.
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