I know this was discussed a few years back but couldn’t find which thread. Doug Ford lost his first appeal on bill 124 in Ontario. The bill would have unilaterally imposed caps on wage increases for public sector employees.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10288375/...24-ruling/amp/
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The law — which capped public sector wages at one per cent per year for three years — was introduced by the Progressive Conservative government in 2019 in a bid to limit public sector spending.
The law impacted over 2,500 public sector collective bargaining units in Ontario and triggered a court challenge by a collection of unions and labour groups. In late 2022, the law was struck down as unconstitutional.
On Monday, the Ontario Court of Appeal agreed with the lower court ruling and upheld the decision that ultimately scrapped the legislation.
In a split decision, a three-judge panel agreed with the original court ruling that said Bill 124 “substantially” interferences with collective bargaining rights.
“The circumstances of this case are distinguishable from other cases where wage restraint legislation was deemed constitutional because, here, there was no meaningful bargaining or consultation before the Act was passed,” Monday’s ruling found.
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