Mike Smyth: Hard bargaining ahead for government and B.C. teachers’ union

Glen Hansman, president of the B.C. Teachers Federation, was in the courthouse the day the union won a stunning landmark case against Christy Clark’s previous Liberal government.
“It was a great day,” Hansman told me.
“Wow, what a change that has come to the B.C. education system since then.”
What a change, indeed.
The Supreme Court of Canada decision reversed contract concessions rammed through by the Liberals. It forced the government to restore stripped-out langu