At his party's annual fundraising dinner Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil told supporters he's "not sure" how the government ended up at its current impasse with teachers.

A court ruling at the centre of British Columbia's protracted teachers' strike robs the government of its ability to set education policy, the province argues in documents related to an upcoming appeal.

Education Minister Peter Fassbender has rejected the B.C. Teachers' Federation's proposal to enter binding arbitration to end the current labour dispute.