By: Rob Harris

Five hundred high school golfers in British Columbia find themselves the innocent victims of a dispute between the government and the teachers’ union.

The dispute is over legislation called Bill 22, which, if enacted, will prevent teachers from striking and will otherwise limit their collective bargaining rights. The teachers, feeling the need to register their concerns about the proposed legislation, have withdrawn from participating in extracurricular activities, thereby leaving the schools unable to proceed with the all high school golf finals.