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Add your reaction ShareEmployment statistics for March are brutal. But next month will be worse, especially for Alberta.
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Add your reaction ShareChild care is an essential service for Albertans during this crisis, and always
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Read morePublic Education During a Crisis: COVID-19 Arrives in Alberta
*The Alberta Federation of Labour is producing a blog series which looks at what happens to public education during a time of crisis. We will evaluate what the Alberta government is doing during this global pandemic, and examine how governments can choose to either strengthen our public system, or use a time of crisis as a catalyst to attack, undermine, and privatize our public education.
This is the first of the series, laying the groundwork for how we got from COVID-19 first arriving here in Alberta to where we are today.
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