A daughter-in-law retired from BC schools at the end of the last term, and is very happy to be away from a stressful career that has not helped her health.
Alberta, next door to B. C. is very right wing and anti-union. At this time, down the road from Calgary, employees are on strike against the American-owned Tyson-Lakeside meat packers, but the strike breakers are gaining access to the plant with the aid of government-requested court orders. Company men are charged with injuring the union head (they crashed his car), but I doubt the charges will be upheld.