The Ford government says it will appeal the ruling against Bill 124, which capped public-sector compensation increases at 1 per cent for a three-year period
says he won’t use the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to revive his wage-cap legislation, which a court struck down this week – a decision his government has nonetheless vowed to appeal.
The Premier told reporters his commitment not to use the Charter’s override clause isn’t a result of the massive labour protests that greeted his attempt last month to use the clause to pre-emptively block a legal strike by education workers – a move he withdrew after the union walked out any way. But Mr. Ford appeared to acknowledge the move was an error.
The government’s lawyers leaned on a ruling last year by the Manitoba Court of Appeal that upheld similar wage-hike limits imposed by that province. But Justice Koehnen’s decision says the cases are different and that Ontario’s law does “substantially interfere with the process of collective bargaining.” He also said other previous rulings upholding wage-cap legislation hinged on governments showing they were in a fiscal crisis, something Ontario was not facing when it passed Bill 124 in 2019.
Kevin Smith, president and CEO of University Health Network, told reporters he had not seen a “mass exodus.” But he said his hospitals would normally have 200 vacancies for nurses and now have about double that. And many nurses in high-stress jobs, such as those in the intensive care unit, have been seeking less stressful work, he said.
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