CBC的报道(CBC News Posted: Sep 14, 2014 11:08 AM PT):
A brief melee broke out at a parent, teacher and student pro-teachers rally at the Vancouver Art Gallery Sunday when it was crashed by a group of parents from Richmond wielding anti-union signs.
The rally, one of three that was planned for the day, was organized on Facebook and described as a grassroots, parent-driven rally, although it easily attracted as many teachers and labour leaders as it did parents.
Part way through it, a small group of parents from Richmond calling themselves the BC Parents\\\' Federation crashed the party to deliver an opposing point of view.
\\\"We love teachers, but not the BCTF,\\\" read one of the signs. \\\"Don\\\'t use kids as pawns,\\\" read another. \\\"Respect taxpayers. End the strike,\\\" read a third.
As the group tried to push its way forward, it was met with resistance from the crowd.
\\\"I\\\'m a taxpayer. I\\\'m a teacher. And you want me to give up on your kids? Unbelievable!\\\" said one teacher. \\\"We need help. We don\\\'t need someone to fight with.\\\"
The conversation degenerated for a few minutes into a pushing, shoving and swearing match, but Vancouver police officers on bicycles managed to keep things calm.
BC Parents\\\' Federation spokesman Tom Tang said his group had just registered as a \\\"legal organization.\\\"
\\\"We\\\'re here to support our children and our teachers, but we are against the BCTF, which doesn\\\'t show any faith in the negotiations,\\\" he said.\\\"So far our children cannot go back to school two weeks after the regular school days.\\\"
Tang said his group held their own rally last week, but wanted to come to Vancouver to show people who they were.