Apparently
some MPPs who regularly vote for or against long and complex pieces
of legislation without fully studying it personally (they all blindly
vote much of the time as told to by their leaders) need more time to
study a simple bill to enable students whose future employment
prospects may well depend upon getting back in the classroom.
“Responding
to those concerns, the Liberal government attempted to pass the
back-to-work legislation on Thursday night using a provision that
allows bills with the unanimous consent of all parties to be
fast-tracked. The NDP, however, refused to consent to the bill,
triggering a debate that will take place at Queen's Park today.“
That
whilst questioning why it took so long for the government to take
action whilst at the same time delaying the passing of the back to
work legislation and vowing to vote against it irregardless even
after having had “time to read it” (are they slow readers or
what?) its not clear what they want.
Apparently
the back-to-work legislation “begs the question of what has been
happening for the last five weeks” but said that “her caucus will
sit all weekend to ensure that “the government’s
conservative-style, anti-worker legislation” isn’t put into place
without a fight.”
There
are indeed “serious questions” to ask about how the strike
stretched on for as long as it did in the first place. As there are
for many more strikes effecting public services, most labour strikes
in the public sector seem to involve already well paid unionized
workers wanting more, more, more, this does not seem to be the care
here so the part time instructors may well have a point but holding
students hostage is not the best way to resolve the situation.
“The
collective bargaining process is important. It is a principled
process and we need to support it. But I believe that this went on
too long and I believe there are some structural things we have to
look at it so we are not ever confronted with such a long strike ever
again,” Said Wynne, more like a confrontational process with
little compromise on the table in most cases!
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2 comments:
I suspect the reasons for late intervention are twofold, Rural. The Liberals want to have as many voters as possible in the next election, and so an early intervention might have alienated some; also, since it will be going to binding arbitration, it may prove a costly settlement for the government as they hoped against hope for a negotiated settlement.
A negotiated settlement would have been preferable for all concerned Lorne!
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