“We need the CCPA to remind us that our dreams of a decent, egalitarian society are reasonable — indeed that with a little work, they are practical. And I love that practicality, that protection of the dream of the possible.”
— Naomi Klein
During the B.C. teachers’ strike a few years ago—a strike over violations of their bargaining rights that later produced a Supreme Court ruling in their favour—the province’s media predictably denounced the teachers and flagrantly distorted their actions and motives.
When a large group of students and parents mounted a show of support for the teachers, it got a 15-second clip on BCTV. But when a few students decided to cross the picket lines, their on-air interview lasted more than three times as long.