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Alberta Launches Class Size Task Force Without Teachers as Recall Drives Gather Pace

Premier Danielle Smith says the recall law remains unchanged despite union‑backed petitions.

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The issues of classroom size and complexity were among the major stumbling blocks that led to the recent strike by Alberta's 51,000 teachers.

Overview

  • The province unveiled an 11-member class size and complexity task force co-chaired by Danielle Smith and Demetrios Nicolaides, with cabinet ministers designated as the only voting members.
  • Frontline teachers were excluded from the task force, and a separate teacher advisory council will engage educators directly and report to the minister for two years.
  • After the government used the notwithstanding clause to end a three-and-a-half-week teachers’ strike, recall efforts intensified with two petitions circulating and seven in application.
  • Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan urged supporters to organize recalls to "topple this government."
  • Smith told the legislature she will not change the recall law "at the moment" and criticized the drives as in bad faith, even as Alberta’s recall rules require signatures equal to 60% of prior votes within 90 days.