Well, economic conservatives like yourself endorse two principles: supply and demand, and financial reward for good results.

We don't have enough teachers (high demand, low supply), and our results in BC from teachers are among the best in the world (good results). Under what auspices would a raise not be warranted, exactly?

That discussion aside, hiring more teachers has nothing to do with salary. Teachers had their legal contract illegally violated by the BC Liberals; the fact that you are willing to endorse law-breaking just because you don't like someone elses' legally-obtained working conditions is appalling.