PAC Endorsement Kit

Fund Burnaby Kids — A Burnaby Kids First campaign

Printed April 28, 2026 · 2 pages

The case in four diagrams

1 · WHO is responsible

THE PROVINCE via BCPSEA — the Province's own bargaining agent Misread salary grid, 2022 2022 ARBITRATION Orders SD41 to pay 800+ teachers retroactive $9.4M by 2026-27 SD41 STUDENTS PAY Cuts to counsellors, EAs, programs — to cover the gap Borne by students BCPSEA PUBLICLY ADMITS: "Would have been funded in 2022 if interpreted correctly."

2 · WHERE the money lives

BC BUDGET 2026 — CONTINGENCIES VOTE $5,000,000,000 per year "for collective bargaining mandate costs" — Treasury Board's own description $9.4M · 0.19% What Burnaby is asking for Not new money. Existing money for its stated purpose.

3 · SCALE of the gap

2025–26 shortfall 2026–27 projected $4.2M What was cut: high school counsellors · custodians · Grade 7 band (1,200 students) Mandarin program · Advanced Learning $9.4M · 2.2× Last year already cut the obvious things. This year reaches EAs, class sizes, elementary support.

4 · CONSEQUENCES if unfunded

TODAY Grades K–3 EA hours cut Reading support: 3 hrs/wk → 1 hr/wk Early literacy gap begins to compound YEARS 3–5 Grades 4–7 Counsellor time thin Anxiety, learning- difference flags missed What was a conversation becomes a crisis referral YEAR 8+ Grades 10–12 Application is thin Advanced Learning gone, electives narrowed, counsellor access limited UBC, scholarships, specialty admissions: real competitive disadvantage A child entering Grade 2 today graduates Grade 12 in 2037. Every year without intervention compounds.

The case in full

What endorsing means

Your PAC does:

  • Appear publicly on fundburnabykids.ca
  • Share the campaign with your school families (via your existing channels)
  • Be counted in aggregate when we deliver to the Minister

Your PAC does NOT:

  • Give up any independence or decision-making authority
  • Contribute money or resources
  • Endorse any political party or candidate
  • Take on any legal liability

Standard motion to propose at your PAC meeting

"That the [School Name] PAC endorse the Fund Burnaby Kids parent coalition calling on the Province of British Columbia to fully fund the $9.4 million arbitration liability affecting Burnaby School District 41 from the Budget 2026 Contingencies Vote, and that the PAC chair be authorized to submit this endorsement on behalf of the PAC."

Answers to questions your PAC members might ask

Is this partisan?
No. The campaign does not name any political party or candidate. The ask (apply the Contingencies Vote) is a technical budget request that any government of any party could do.
Is DPAC behind this?
DPAC has publicly advocated for the same position. This coalition is parent-led and aligned with DPAC's stance, but organizationally independent so it can move faster than DPAC's monthly cycle allows.
What if we endorse and the Province funds it — was it worth it?
Yes. If funding happens, the coalition and the signatures were evidence that moved the needle. If funding doesn't happen, the list becomes the foundation for next year's harder campaign.