Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members.

I think the Republicans are subverted by the fact that so many of their leaders send their kids to private schools, they don't really have the stomach for the fight.

I think good teachers are underpaid.

Pierre Trudeau was too much of a professional politician to be described as a good man, nor, it can be argued despite much pubilicity to the contrary, was he a particularly clever or even wise one. But he was a great man, perhaps the gratest Canada has produced in this century.

Why can't teachers end up owning schools, the way waiters can open their own restaurants?

I've been a financial journalist for 30 years.

Theres no particular relationship between spending and educational results. Most education spending is actually on salaries, and thats allocated according to political muscle.