Teacher misconduct commissioner didn’t resign, she was fired: Kinew
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A day after describing the abrupt departure of the head of teacher misconduct investigations as a resignation, the province was more succinct Friday, saying the commissioner was fired.
Premier Wab Kinew made the clarification Friday at an unrelated news conference.
“What was happening was not acceptable and so we cut ties,” he said.
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Bobbi Taillefer was fired after the premier and education minister learned she had been working remotely from Florida over the winter.
Bobbi Taillefer was terminated from her position after Kinew and Education Minister Tracy Schmidt learned Taillefer had been working remotely from Florida over the winter.
On Thursday, Schmidt admitted the province was unaware of the work situation until informed by the Free Press and said Taillefer had resigned.
Taillefer, a longtime teacher union head, was named the province’s first commissioner of teacher professional conduct in late 2024. Among her duties was overseeing the handling of teacher misconduct investigations.
“If you want to be the person who’s going to decide whether or not an adult teacher can be in a classroom with a child in Manitoba, you need to be in Manitoba too,” Kinew said.
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