Ontario government had made the promise to rescind Bill 28 — the Keeping Students in Class Act — to help mend fences with the labour movement.
The Ontario government has repealed a controversial bill that ordered striking CUPE school support staff back to work and imposed a contract on them.
“For greater certainty, the collective agreements that were deemed to be in operation … are deemed for all purposes never to have come into operation.” Calandra had asked for unanimous consent for the new bill to help quickly push it through, and it passed third reading with 100 voting in favour and none opposed.
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