This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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Ontario Premier, Dalton McGuinty, has published an open letter indicating that teachers on-protest shall brace themselves as government is going to forcefully impose new contracts on them, which will be an extremely controversial act that might spread outrage in public while prolonging province-wide conflict.
The letter was made public on the evening after the announcement of Education Minister, Laurel Broten, who promised to disclose province’s future strategy through a news conference scheduled on Thursday morning. McGuinty mentioned in his letter that “our preference is and has always been negotiated settlements. But after 10 months, the bargaining deadline has passed. Ontarians expect, rightly, that uncertainty in education will not continue indefinitely – and that our government will show a clear determination to balance the budget by 2017-18.” The so-called deadline assigned by the province came and went on Monday, allowing Ms. Broten to have ultimate authority of imposing contracts on public school teachers and staff through the much controversial Bill 115. The bill grants rights to government of implementing wage freezes, reducing teachers’ sick days and limits their right to strike.
Mr. McGuinty’s letter referred to the successful deals made with other unions, alleging that “those compromises will now serve as the terms for contracts moving forward.” The Ontario Liberals will most likely be reducing the number of sick days allowed to teachers’ from 20 to 10, while delaying the pay grid and other steps it deems necessary to cope with the overwhelming $14-billion provincial deficit, while government attempts to save job.
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