YOUR FEDER ATION - ANNUAL MEE TING 2024 YOUR FEDER ATION (CONT’D . )
YVES
DUROCHER, President of the Ontario
Teachers’ Federation
LEADER OF THE ONTARIO NDP MARIT STILES
M
arit Stiles brought greetings on be- half of the Ontario NDP, reflecting on her years supporting and orga-
nizing with educators. “Our public education system is holding on by a thread,” she said. “Kids are struggling to learn, educators are leſt without the supports that they desper- ately need and parents are told that the best they can expect is the basics.”
Even with all of these issues, Stiles said she
is still optimistic. “Doug Ford is banking on people feeling too overwhelmed to come out for an early election, but I say bring it on. I want to put education back where it belongs on the top of the government’s agenda. Let’s topple this government and remind people that their children deserve better than basic,” she concluded.
P
resident Yves Durocher reflected on the work of the Ontario Teachers Federation, focusing on their advoca-
cy for students, teachers and public schools. “Te OTF is 80 years old this year. Te num- ber one object is to promote and advance the cause of education,” he said. One of the priorities in the upcoming
year is organizing to replace the Conserva- tive government. Reflecting on the impact of electing progressive provincial govern- ments, Durocher said, “the election of a more progressive government has changed our colleagues lives for the better in other provinces.”
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