Teachers and parents are turning up the pressure on Alberta’s Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides to step down from his role.

Two school buses full of motivated protesters from Edmonton and Red Deer arrived on Saturday afternoon in Nicolaides’ riding of Calgary-Bow.

The canvassing campaign is organized by the non-profit advocacy group Public Interest Alberta (PIA).

“What we’re hoping to do today is to put the pressure on the minister and the premier to get back to the table to negotiate a fair settlement for these teachers,” said PIA executive director Bradley Lafortune. “We’ve been out for three weeks now in support of them.”

The provincewide strike began on Oct. 6 and is affecting about 750,000 students and 51,000 public, Catholic, and francophone school teachers.

“It’s mindbogg

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