If I had my druthers, and if we lived in a more perfect world, our teachers would be the most valued — and most highly paid — members of our society. After all, they are charged with shaping the minds of our youth, and in the process, they establish the very foundations of our collective futures.

What could be more important than that?

Imagine the talent we could attract to the profession if we rewarded top-notch teachers with the seven-figure contracts that go instead, for instance, to people who chase pucks for a living or to those skilled at gaming the stock market.

All that as a preamble to the current labour dispute in Alberta between government and teachers. The province’s educators are set to go on strike after overwhelmingly rejecting the latest offer by a nine-to-one margin: te

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