But in between, it sparked correspondence — and consternation — among education officials in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Back-to-school looked a lot different amid a pandemic, and teacher responses to the CBC questionnaire highlighted stress and uncertainty. Emails written by education officials as the CBC's questionnaire was circulated reveal unease that the questions were even being asked. In the end, only one provincial education minister in Atlantic Canada granted an interview request when stories about the questionnaire were published — New Brunswick's Dominic Cardy. CBC News obtained 300 pages of emails from education officials in all four Atlantic provinces via access to information requests.

Source: CBC News January 23, 2021 19:30 UTC