Really? In Alberta, teachers and the provincial government are having trouble reaching a contract, and the union representing the teachers claim 85% of their members are women. The first time I had a male teacher was in grade 6.
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Grade 6? Wow. I was born in Alberta, but not raised there. In grade school, my English teacher and my science teacher were a male couple who lived together in a little bungalow near the school.
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Okay…you knew the two male teachers were gay? You must be younger than I am. I grew up in a small conservative city. Looking back, I’m sure my grade 3 teacher was a lesbian. We’d always ask if she had a boyfriend. The answer was always, “No,” but she sure talked a lot about her “roommate.”
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It was a small town where no one seemed to care if you were gay. It has a large gay population for a small town. No one I know experienced any discrimination. It was a great town to grow up in, in that respect.
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Meanwhile, I was born and raised in a conservative city where (almost) everybody voted Conservative, but couldn’t tell you why.
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Typical of conservatives. The town I grew up in always goes Liberal.
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I was born in Saskatchewan, and went to university in Saskatoon, but raised in Alberta.
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I hope you have had a good life in Alberta.
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I’m back in Alberta now. The capital. And, our premier, #DumpsterDani Smith wants to be tRump when she grows up.
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She's a nutjob. I am from the capital.
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That’s an understatement. Yes…”Festival City.”
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Right. Are they still doing Fringe Theatre?
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It ran for 11 days, and ended last Sunday.
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Ah, I wasn't sure if it survived covid funding cuts.
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They launched a program this year to get monthly donors. The UCP refused to pay $80 million worth of property taxes from 2021-2024 though, so the municipal government has had to raise property taxes on us.
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