Dozens rally in downtown Kamloops Saturday calling for increased provincial education funding

McBride says the cuts to programs and jobs – primarily affecting support staff who are represented by CUPE – will impact the most vulnerable children and put pressure on a workforce that is already burnt out.

“We cannot lose hundreds of educational staff across this province and then hope they come back in a couple of years,” she said. “We need an influx of money so that districts can reexamine how we’re going to deliver education next year.:

SD73 Trustee Cole Hickson was present Saturday, though he told CFJC Today he was not attending on behalf of the School District. He did say that the district’s funding is not fully within their control.

“If you look at the City of Kamloops, they’ve raised taxes by 7.4 per cent, while the TNRD has raised taxes by 5.9 per cent. We don’t have that ability, Hickson said. “We’ve had to make do with what we have.”

“It’s been extremely painful for all of us, especially the parents and the students who are going through these cuts right now.”

Saturday’s rally in Kamloops is one of many being held across B.C., with DPAC representatives set to take part in a larger rally outside the BC Legislature later this month. At the Kamloops rally, DPAC was also collecting letters and signatures in support of its petition that is plans to deliver to Premier David Eby while in Victoria.

Thank you to everyone that came out to rally for education funding in BC! #Kamloops delivered! We had so many students, staff, and families join us.

Your messages are on the way to @Dave_Eby and @BrendaBaileyBC.

We know that there’s a way to save the next school year. pic.twitter.com/gkEEQ3oRxG

— Bonnie McBride (@SipsintheCity) May 10, 2025

by Curtis Goodrum

Dozens rally in downtown Kamloops Saturday calling for increased provincial education funding

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