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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

12 days

Everything's set for the panel on Monday September 23 (4:30 pm) at @CornellILR_News ! It's me, Prof. @kelly_pike (who organized everything) and two hockey legends. So needless to say, I intend to stay mostly out of the way! Zoom link is on this post:

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

2 years

There you have it folks, Ontario Conservatives are the first Canadian government to use the Notwithstanding clause to override Constitutionally protected Labour Rights. Quite a day in Canadian Labour law and Constitutional history.

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2 years

So, anyone else waiting around for a decision of the Ontario Labour Relations Board tonight. Or is it just us labour law nerds? #CUPE #OnPoli #CharterOfRights

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@TheLawofWork

3 months

I’m surprised at this point that the Conservatives haven’t created a Ministry of Alcohol and given it a larger budget than health care and education. Alcohol is clearly a very high priority.

Doug Ford reveals new road map around the LCBO strike

Ford unveiled a new searchable online map designed to help consumers find their favourite beer, wine, cider and spirits.

www.thestar.com

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Ontario government could have continued to bargain, then if no deal was reached, introduced carefully crafted back-to-work legislation with interest arbitration to settle dispute. Had they done that, there may have been no strike and no Charter violation. They had choices.

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2 years

The Keeping Students in Class, 2022 Act: - Includes notwithstanding clause: Ontario can violate workers' Charter rights for up to 5 years - allows Govt to violate Human Rights Code - Prohibits strikes, $4000/day fine for individuals, $500K day for union. - Imposes a contract.

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

It’s not back to work legislation if workers never left work. It’s a prohibition on the Charter protected right to strike and an imposed contract. Big difference.

CP24

@CP24

2 years

TOP STORY: Province to table back-to-work legislation for Ontario's 55,000 education workers today

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Either you support unprecedented government overreach to quash fundamental Charter rights. Or You support a province wide general strike to resist unprecedented government overreach quashing fundamental Charter rights.

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Will the Ontario government pull out their new toy, the notwithstanding clause, to stop collective bargaining and strikes at GO Transit too? Or is this tool just for female dominated lower waged more precarious workers?

Lex Harvey

@lexharvs

2 years

BREAKING: 2,200 GO Transit workers will strike tomorrow after failing to reach a deal with Metrolinx, according to ATU Local 1587

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2 years

Dear High School teachers: Had several teachers reach out asking if I could speak to their classes about the #Bill28 , Charter issues. I could prepare a 15 minute video targeting grade 11 & 12 that could be shown. If questions, you could send them to me. Any interest?

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Someone got a call from legal

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

It’s illegal for an employer to tell a union that it will not bargain in good faith unless the union promises not to strike. Just saying.

Kristin Rushowy

@krushowy

2 years

Here at Queen’s Park, ⁦ @Sflecce ⁩ announces that no deal reached with CUPE ⁦ @osbcucscso ⁩ - says CUPE refused to remove strike threat - back to work legislation will be passed, and impose four-year contract on 55,000 support staff #onted #onpoli #cupe

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@TheLawofWork

5 years

Ontario Conservative government: “If you are sick stay home” Same government: “we are reducing amount of legal sick days, cutting paid sick leave, and repealing rule prohibiting employers from requiring doctor’s notes whenever employee takes a sick day” #CoronaVirusCanada

Travis Dhanraj

@Travisdhanraj

5 years

#NEW : Letter from @ONThealth to all schools / parents #Onpoli #Onted #CoronaVirusCanada

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2 years

On today’s instalment of “Is MOE Stephen Lecce violating the Labour Relations Act?”, we ask if his constant public communications telling CUPE & its members to “put students first” & not strike amounts to unlawful ‘interference in administration of a union’.

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

You know who has been noticeably quiet through this Bill28 controversy? Minister of Labour @MonteMcNaughton , the guy who tried to sell Conservatives as the party of the workers. Remember the much hyped ‘right to disconnect’ law that included no right to disconnect? That guy.

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

BREAKING: Fewer workers want to work in highly stressful jobs for shit pay with legislated wage freezes. A truly stunning realization down at Queens Park.

Colin D'Mello | Global News

@ColinDMello

2 years

NEW: Ford government’s internal briefing documents admit low wages, Bill 124 have been contributing to health care staffing issues. Based on FOI work by @isaaccallan #onpoli

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

I really can’t see how Ontario government’s plan to legislate a forced collective agreement while banning right to strike can withstand a Charter challenge Which leads me to think we will see today the first use of notwithstanding clause in Canadian history in a labour dispute.

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5 years

Teachers picketing across the street from my home office where I am working on an article on the right to strike in Canada. By the sounds of the constant honking from cars driving by, there’s seem to be considerable level of support for the #teachers in the ‘hood! #LawofWork

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2 years

To be clear, cuz seems to be some confusion: Once Bill28 is repealed, we're back into the normal rules of bargaining - Means normal, legal 'duty to bargain in good faith' applies. - Imposed contract gone + CUPE is still in a legal strike position (need to give 5 days' notice)

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@TheLawofWork

1 year

This is such a weird political hill to die on. I’m a foreigner so don’t speak Manitoban. But the Conservatives are campaigning on a big promise to NOT help find the bodies of indigenous women murdered by a serial killer? Are conservatives really that sick?

David McLaughlin

@DavidMcLA

1 year

This campaign ad is the 2023 equivalent of Stephen Harper's "barbaric practices snitch line". A brand that sticks to a party. Years to live down. Well done @PC_Manitoba #mbpoli

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@TheLawofWork

5 years

My daughter was told today that she can’t take physics in grade 11 because of class cancellations due to @fordnation and @OntarioPCParty . Great leadership, dickheads. #Onpoli

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Anyone know where these numbers come from? Having trouble with the math.

Amsterdam Blonde 🌺🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🎨 🖌🥂✈🗼🇳🇱

@1StarAtaTyme

2 years

This is the Minister of Education in Ontario.

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Reminder that none of us this was necessary. The Ontario government chose to be provocative and unnecessarily aggressive. I assume this was done to appear tough to those in their base who despise collective bargaining.

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Ontario government could have continued to bargain, then if no deal was reached, introduced carefully crafted back-to-work legislation with interest arbitration to settle dispute. Had they done that, there may have been no strike and no Charter violation. They had choices.

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2 years

For labor law folks, this clip captures point I made about Govt violating duty to bargain. MOE Lecce states clearly that govt refused to bargain unless CUPE withdrew its intention to engage in a lawful strike. Anyone think this ISN'T bad faith bargaining? 1/2

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@TheLawofWork

1 year

I’m at a Freshly Squeezed. When paying it ask you to add a tip. Asked employee if they get the tip and he said no, the company keeps it. What kind of f&*cked up corporate theft is this bullshit? Pass a law that all tips go to employees. Period.

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@TheLawofWork

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Conservatives: century long lease of a public park to a foreign corporation is ‘just a standard lease’ ⁦ @maritstiles ⁩ of ⁦ @OntarioNDP ⁩: oh, well if it’s just a standard lease, show it to citizens. Conservatives: No its secret.

Doug Ford’s government defends controversial 95-year lease for Ontario Place spa

It’s a standard lease agreement with Austrian company Therme, says Infrastructure Minister Kinga Surma.

www.thestar.com

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@TheLawofWork

5 years

A little story is turning into a bigger story after @globeandmail says it can’t or won’t say who purchased large ads condemning teachers and using fake photos from Poland. In a time when fake news is an international scandal, seems an odd position for newspapers to take.

PressProgress

@pressprogress

5 years

NEW: A Toronto school trustee has filed a complaint with Canada’s ad standards body over anti-teacher attack ads from a fake parents’ group. The Globe and Mail told PressProgress they “cannot disclose” the true identity of the mystery group. #onpoli

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

And of course this is one of the HUGE concerns at play here, why the entire labour movement is behind CUPE. If governments decide to use notwithstanding clause as simply a collective bargaining hammer, then we are basically no longer a real democracy. Govt just imposes contracts

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Incredible hot take. Or, the government broke the law by saying it wouldn't bargain unless the union agreed not to strike and the union said that's not how bargaining works. So the Ford government enacted the most draconian labor legislation ever, & is now forced to back down

Brian Lilley

@brianlilley

2 years

Last week the @fordnation said if CUPE took the strike off the table they'd negotiate a deal. CUPE said no, they would strike. Now Ford says he will rescind Bill 28 and the back to work legislation if CUPE goes back to work. This could have happened last week with no strike.

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

This is the stupidest thing I have ever read by a supposed serious politician. These are not grown up people ready to lead a nation. They’re cartoon characters. Let’s hope he gets annihilated in the election & federal Conservatives choose an adult next time.

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Some folks thought we were being dramatic when we predicted that using the notwithstanding clause as a collective bargaining hammer would lead to province wide strikes. Here's what I said to a reporter in an interview last week. I'm no soothsayer. I just know labour history.

Toronto Star

@TorontoStar

2 years

#Developing : CUPE to threaten broader, general strike on Nov. 14: sources

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

My lord, the gravy train runs deep in the @fordnation nation.

Cheri DiNovo

@CheriDiNovo

2 years

BREAKING: So @fordnation received almost $600,000 in donations from developers. In return did they get the #Greenbelt ? Think it's time for the OPP to open a file. Agree?

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Mississauga Councillor Parrish calls on cities to “act like CUPE” and “take a sledgehammer” to the Ontario Conservatives plans to encourage suburban sprawl through the green belt to enrich their developer friends. “We’re too polite”.

An ‘unfathomable’ fallout: Municipalities lash out at Doug Ford’s housing bill

Ontario municipalities say they risk losing $5 billion in revenue and that major tax hikes and service cuts will follow

www.thestar.com

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@TheLawofWork

8 months

Person running #ServiceOntario outlet in Welland had contract cancelled by government, no damages provided, she had to then pay severance pay to employees (not help from government). She's left with nothing. Same government paying Walmart, Staples to take the work.

Richard Southern

@RichardCityNews

8 months

NEW - A ServiceOntario owner who had their business of 23 years closed by the Ford government speaks to CityNews in a broadcast exclusive. Hear why Claudia Savonia feels she’s been “Left high and dry” WATCH -

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@TheLawofWork

3 years

Actually, Canada had its Tiananmen Square moment 70 years before Tiananmen Square. It's called the Winnipeg General Strike and Bloody Saturday. The gentile treatment of insurrectionists in Ottawa could not be more different.

Ian Young

@ianjamesyoung70

3 years

This is so very very very very very very very not Canada's "Tiananmen Square moment"

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

2 years

Same guy who said his party would NEVER allow development in the Green Belt?

Colin D'Mello | Global News

@ColinDMello

2 years

Premier Doug Ford says Ontarians will always access the healthcare they need “with their OHIP card not their credit card.” #onpoli

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

This story about workers not showing up for work and the harm it causes employers would have worked better if it also discussed the flip side, employers who schedule workers last minute, change schedules, and cancel shifts.

New hires are ‘ghosting’ small businesses already under pressure from labour shortages

More than one-third of small businesses have hired people who never show up or stop coming into work shortly after starting the job, a new CFIB survey finds.

www.thestar.com

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Quite an allegation. Unions essentially arguing that Conservatives are prepared to let people die if it pushes their privatization of health care agenda.

CityNews Toronto

@CityNewsTO

2 years

Ontario's five largest healthcare unions joined forces to warn the public about the crashing healthcare system, saying they believe the Ford government is intentionally manufacturing the crisis to justify privatization. @TinaYazdani

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Now Basu is referencing how Quebec just overrides people's rights all the time with notwithstanding clause. That's where we are at folks. Ontario is now justifying its draconian use of notwithstanding clause by arguing "LOOK, QUEBEC GETS AWAY WITH THIS ALL THE TIME". Sad day.

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

3 years

Friends, we're trying to get a family out of #Ukraine including 7 children ages 9-22 & their moms. They're sheltered in a small house 3 hrs from Polish border. If they can make it to Poland, we'll fly them to Toronto, find a home. If you can help at all:

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@TheLawofWork

8 months

Ontario Place was such a fun (and cheap) place to go when I was a kid. But why have cheap, fun, and accessible when you can have expensive spas owned by foreign corporations!

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@TheLawofWork

2 months

7-Eleven employees gonna need a union to deal with this horseshit.

CityNews Toronto

@CityNewsTO

2 months

#NEW : Not only are almost all Ontario 7-Eleven stores going to sell beer wine and coolers starting September 5th, but most locations will soon allow consumers to drink the booze inside its stores.

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

This morning's #OLRB hearing in Min. of Education v. CUPE begins at 9 am. Watch it here: I will comment until I need to be a dad. First up: OLRB decision on whether @Sflecce & another senior govt official can/should be ordered to appear as witnesses.

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@TheLawofWork

8 months

😂 Banning tolls on all highways except the one that has tolls is so on Ontario Conservative brand. Pretending to do stuff. Like banning unpaid training that is already illegal & introducing a much hyped “right to disconnect” that doesn’t include a right to disconnect.

CP24

@CP24

8 months

JUST IN: Ontario banning tolls on provincial highways other than 407

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Her complaint is her wages are too low. PP’s solution is to lower federal taxes. It’s the only answer they have. Religious like faith in tax cuts as cure for every ill. She hardly pays any federal tax. What she needs is provincial labour law reform.

Pierre Poilievre

@PierrePoilievre

2 years

After 8 years of Justin Trudeau, people like Nicole, who did everything right, are struggling to eat, heat & house themselves. We will reward hard work with lower taxes, so Nicole brings home more of each dollar she earns. #BringItHome

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

I'm reading @CUPEOntario 's response to the Ontario government's illegal strike application. Some points: - top notch lawyers from @GPLLP are counsel - Government named CUPE-Ontario as respondent, but "CUPE Ontario" is not a union. Suspect that OLRB will permit correction here.

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Yes. I suspect #Bill28 will be challenged at the @ILO . And there is no question it violates Canada’s legal obligations under ILO Conventions 87 & 98. The ILO will rule this and that decision will join many others in which Canada has violated international labor laws

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@DiegoPelu83

2 years

@TheLawofWork Can Cupe take this to The international court of justice ??

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

BOOM! We are as close to a general strike in Ontario as I can remember, at least since the heydays of the Harris Years.

Colin D'Mello | Global News

@ColinDMello

2 years

BREAKING: CUPE says it’s 55,000 members will go on strike regardless of the government’s legislation in an open act of defiance. #onpoli #onted

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Really, among the most draconian pieces of labour legislation in the modern era in Canada.

David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

2 years

The Keeping Students in Class, 2022 Act: - Includes notwithstanding clause: Ontario can violate workers' Charter rights for up to 5 years - allows Govt to violate Human Rights Code - Prohibits strikes, $4000/day fine for individuals, $500K day for union. - Imposes a contract.

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@TheLawofWork

8 months

There should be a non-partisan, all party agreement that legislation is required to end this sort of corporate in-dealing. Pass a law.

Globalnews.ca

@globalnews

8 months

Under a new deal, Manulife Financial Corp. says its coverage of certain prescription drugs will only apply at Loblaw Cos. Ltd. pharmacies. READ MORE:

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Why does this government feel the need to constantly spin collective bargaining in the media? Why not just shut up, as the mediator suggested? Because we’re now gearing up for a new job phase in the battle of public opinion. Can the govt turn public opinion against the workers?

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We all know what this is really about.

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Bet the multi-year wage freeze, constant attacks on public sector workers, and systemic under funding of public services in Ontario is a huge draw.

Doug Ford says he’ll fast-track approvals for doctors and nurses from other provinces to work in...

Premier Doug Ford says his government will introduce legislation in February that would immediately allow doctors, nurses and other accredited health-care professionals from the rest of Canada to...

www.thestar.com

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@TheLawofWork

1 year

We’re getting real life evidence to support all of us who noted that if the “trucker convoy’ were strikers the police would have shut the protest down almost immediately.

Globe Politics

@globepolitics

1 year

Union shocked after Ottawa Police ticket striking government worker for excessive honking

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@TheLawofWork

7 years

To the frustration of conservatives everywhere, once again, happiest nations have high taxes, high unionization, & generous social programs

TIME

@TIME

7 years

Norway is happiest country in the world. What's the secret?

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@TheLawofWork

5 months

You could not dream up a stupider way to spend hundreds of millions of public dollars to destroy a beautiful public park that on a great waterfront location. The @fordnation Conservatives are an absolute menace to Ontario.

TDot Resident

@TDotResident

5 months

#ONpoli You can’t make this up: Kinga Surma and Doug Ford are spending at least $650M and bulldozing 800 trees to help build an indoor “immersive experience” where the Therme spa will charge you to see video clips of trees.

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Interesting wording in CUPE’s press release. “The agreement is no where near everything workers & students deserve, however it’s all the government is willing to give” Hardly a ringing endorsement from the union’s bargaining committee, but gets the govt a vote.

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

I worked pro bono.

Travis Dhanraj

@Travisdhanraj

2 years

Question I have now is how much $$ was spent as a result of the Ontario Labour Board hearing. #cdnpoli #onted #onpoli

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Look who’s surfaced. Minister of Labour in government that walked away from bargaining table, imposed a crappy collective agreement, banned right to strike, and invoked notwithstanding clause to quash labor rights…. Now says govt and labor need to work together. Lol.

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@TheLawofWork

10 months

My idea for a new law that I’ve called “No Bonuses if Layoffs Act” got a lot of Likes! Simple rule: Illegal to pay bonuses to execs or senior managers in a year in which any employee has been laid off. Would be very popular law (except for execs). @SeamusORegan @MaritStiles

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Adrienne Arsenault almost made CBC CEO Catherine Tait swallow her tongue with her brilliant question about Christmas bonuses.

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@TheLawofWork

2 years

Seems like Lecce got some legal advice (finally). Lecce being careful to say that the government will "stay at the table" and try to get a deal, even though CUPE has given a strike notice. Giving a strike notice is a perfectly normal & legal tool for unions to build leverage.

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@TheLawofWork

7 months

Really a big surprise that people aren’t rushing to become teachers in Ontario. Or nurses. What with all the support and praise they receive from our political leaders in the province.

Ford government looking at ‘every option’ as school boards struggle to find teachers

At an announcement last month on the kindergarten curriculum, Education Minister Stephen Lecce called the teacher shortage "a real challenge."

www.thestar.com

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@TheLawofWork

3 years

My mom worked almost 20 yrs for Eatons. When 64, Eatons “downsized” her & gave her employment standards minimum notice. She was due to retire with full pension 9 months later. This scummy company led me to become a labour lawyer & shaped my attitude about employment law.

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@TheLawofWork

1 year

Seriously, what percentage of Torontonians are going to use a giant spa? There really was no better use of this prime public real estate? Just mind-boggling political incompetence by @fordnation Conservatives.

Colin D'Mello | Global News

@ColinDMello

1 year

NEW: Therme, the Company behind Ontario Place spa says it’s ‘working furiously’ to redesign and address criticism. Some city councillors say it has a long way to go. #onpoli

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@TheLawofWork

22 days

lol. Your Conservative government has been running Ontario for over 6 years. When are you going to start fixing the problems rather than obsess over booze and selling off valuable public land to private corporations?

Lisa MacLeod

@MacLeodLisa

23 days

Thanks, but grocery bills are still too high, gas is expensive and housing is out of reach for far too many people. Do we really need the people who got us into this mess coming up with more “solutions”?

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

2 years

For what's it worth, the new Keeping Students in Class Act is a clear and obvious violation of Ontario's international law obligations under @ilo core Conventions 87 & 98, which Canada has ratified. Look for yet another rebuke from the ILO's expert bodies.

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

6 months

Hwy 413 is possibly the most blatantly corrupt political act in Ontario in my lifetime. I can’t think of anything worse. And corruption is obvious. It will destroy vital agricultural land, and achieve nothing of value for Ontarians. Disgusting.

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

2 years

Now that arguments are done & decision written (I assume): I’d be surprised if OLRB doesn’t find this is an unlawful strike CUPEs lawyers were fantastic, but case law isn’t on their side. I could be wrong. I also don’t think it matters much. This is now about power & politics.

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

1 year

The spectacle of a political party passing legislation to override its own corruption is something. The Ontario Place scandal is the next domino to fall. The Conservatives run Ontario like an organized crime ring.

Colin D'Mello | Global News

@ColinDMello

1 year

NEW: The Ford government will table legislation at 1pm that will reverse the Greenbelt land swaps and codify the boundaries of the protected lands in legislation. The housing minister will speak at 1:30 from Queens Park. #onpoli

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

3 months

Unsurprisingly, the countries with highest union membership levels have the least income inequality. This makes sense since collective bargaining results in higher share of income generated by workers going to workers.

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

1 year

These two stories the same day in the @TorontoStar provide a great snapshot of the state of political economy in Canada today. Which political parties have platforms that would check runaway executive compensation and reduce child poverty? Good place to start!

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

2 years

Professor Emeritus Patrick Macklem of ⁦ @UTLaw ⁩ has filed a complaint with #OPP requesting investigation into corruption by Ontario Conservatives on Greenbelt/ #Highway413 fiasco. Patrick Macklem - Below is the text of a request I filed... | Facebook

Patrick Macklem

Below is the text of a request I filed with the Ontario Provincial Police asking for a criminal investigation into Greenbelt development. December 4, 2022 Commissioner Thomas...

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

1 year

Scott Moe, Premier of #Saskatchewan , explaining that fundamental Charter rights for marginalized communities should only be protected if the majority wants them to have rights. Stunning take on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

3 years

Can’t over emphasize how quickly the power of the state, police, and the courts would have cracked down on strikers in a labour dispute blocking an international border crossing.

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

1 year

Taxpayer funded payments to private corporations should never be secret. How do conservatives not agree with that basic transparency principle?

Laura Stone

@l_stone

1 year

NEW: Ford government rejects calls to release lease agreement, business case for Ontario Place #onpoli

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

9 months

A multi-billion $$ third highway going in the same direction as two existing highways to appease real estate donors takes priority over health care in this Conservative government.

Jessica Smith Cross

@jessiecatherine

9 months

Hallway health care: Ontario Health metrics put numbers to strained system The number of hallway health-care patients has hit its highest-ever level, according to Ontario Health via @Thetrilliumca

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

5 years

Peter MacKay says he didn’t send or approve the asinine Tweet sent in his name criticizing Trudeau’s yoga activities. Says the idiots he hired did it. So far so good.

Peter MacKay interview abruptly ends after question about tweet

The public relations team for Conservative leadership candidate Peter MacKay abruptly ended an interview with CTV News after he was questioned about a tweet his team sent out concerning Prime...

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

2 years

Almost 50% of survey respondents support mass sympathy strike by other unions to support Doug Ford's attack on education workers and Charter rights. Government totally overplayed its hand. Completely unnecessary aggressive and bullying behaviour.

Colin D'Mello | Global News

@ColinDMello

2 years

New Abacus Data poll indicates 48% of respondents are in favour of other unions staging a sympathy strike to protest the Ford govt’s Bill 28. Ford gov’t seems to be relying on internal polling indicating parents want schools to remain open (or so I’ve heard) #onpoli #onted

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

1 year

Taking a strike vote is not threatening a strike. Votes are a normal part of collective bargaining that the law encourages. Taking a strike vote is not threatening a strike. Votes are a normal part of collective bargaining that the law encourages Taking a strike vote is not …

Richard Southern

@RichardCityNews

1 year

#BREAKING - Education minister Lecce out with a statement following news the elementary teachers union will hold a strike vote between mid-September and mid-October. “Threatening another strike and creating anxiety for parents and students just weeks before the start of the

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

1 year

Now do Ontario Place, the other billion dollar sell off to developers no one wants.

Robert Benzie

@robertbenzie

1 year

NEW: Premier Doug Ford's stunning flip-flop -- he is returning the land to the Greenbelt as his government is roiled by the $8.28B scandal. #onpoli

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

4 months

Who are the voters who found it so difficult to find beer anywhere else that pushed for this use of crucial public funds? Is there a single person other than @fordnation who would rather this money go to beer than health care, transit, education? Boggles the mind.

Robert Benzie

@robertbenzie

4 months

NEW: The bar tab for Premier Doug Ford’s booze liberalization gambit could balloon from $225M to $1.075B. That’s how much it might cost taxpayers to expand sales by this fall instead of the end of next year. #onpoli

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

2 years

Or what about the back room puppet masters who came up with the horribly flawed legal strategy to legislate an agreement and use the notwithstanding clause? Those folks remain hidden from the public, but someone has been giving some very bad legal advice down at Queens Park.

Jamie Mitchell

@realJ_Mitchell

2 years

This is embarrassing (devastating) for Ford and Lecce. Which one will resign first? #OntEd #OnPoli

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

2 years

OLRB Chair question: Isn't there something wrong with a system that just allows a govt to completely strip bargaining rights & destroy the historical compromise & then say "tough" to the workers? Puts govt lawyer in position of having to say: "fairness has nothing to do with it"

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

1 year

The @fordnation Conservative government in #Ontario just sold a cherished piece of lakefront public property to a European corporation for 95 years. This after they sold the greenbelt to donor developers. Majority Conservative governments are horrific for the public good.

Colin D'Mello | Global News

@ColinDMello

1 year

NEW: Therme, the company behind a controversial waterpark and spa that’s set to take over a major portion of Ontario Place has signed a 95-year lease with the province of Ontario, Global News has learned. #onpoli

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

2 years

Employment law quiz: Human rights legislation prohibits employers from giving preference based on family status (ie being a daughter). Explain whether any exception exists that permits the Doug Ford government to bounce their children around from job to job.

Jenny From the Block(ed List)

@jennyleeshee

2 years

Tomorrow, @CaitlinPClark , the daughter of @SteveClarkPC , is moving from @Sflecce 's team to @fordnation 's team. Something, something, merit-based hiring. #onpoli #nepotism

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

7 months

Erin’s central message is essential: All lawyers, all law societies, everyone interested in the judicial system in Canada must strenuously resists & call out the Ford government’s stated intention to stack the judiciary with judges who will do bidding for conservative agenda.

Erin Durant (she/her)

@ErinDurant42

7 months

I have something to say about the state of the Justice System in Ontario. I hope some of you will join me in standing up and demanding better from our elected officials.

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

5 months

Breaks your brain to imagine people sitting in a room and agreeing that tenants should be responsible for paying the taxes of the invisible, foreign, law-breaking rogue landlord. Imagine how biased you need to be in favour of the property owning class to even consider this.

Jack Hauen

@jackhauen

5 months

The CRA confirms that tenants are responsible for withholding 25% of their foreign landlords' rent and paying it to the CRA — something almost no one was aware of a month ago. "The Government of Canada continuously reviews the tax system to ensure it is both fair and efficient."

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

5 months

Once a political party announces that it will override any Charter protected right and freedom in order to kowtow to its base, we effectively no longer have Charter rights and freedoms. This is the new Conservative movement in Canada.

Mark Gerretsen 🇨🇦 🇺🇦

@MarkGerretsen

5 months

🚨 Last week, Pierre Poilievre threatened to override the fundamental rights & freedoms of Canadians. Today, we saw Pierre's Conservative MP follow in his leader's footsteps & attack the Morgantaler decision - the Supreme Court ruling that decriminalized abortion in Canada.

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

2 months

One of my first assignments as a lawyer was to submit a challenge to the charitable status of the Fraser Institute, which is clearly engaged in political advocacy.

rabble.ca

@rabbleca

2 months

The Canada Revenue Agency has revoked the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund of Canada, marking a significant victory against apartheid and supporting Palestinian rights. #CRA #Palestine By @EnglerYves

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

1 year

Carolyn Mulroney just has no judgement at all. First she agrees to be the puppet AG who defends using notwithstanding clause as an everyday political tool to push thru unconstitutional laws. Then she accepts a sham patronage knowing it will be panned. And for what purpose?

David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

1 year

Worst Attorney General in Ontario history. But she has a cute new title.

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

4 months

This @UofT encampment is stunning and moving.

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

2 years

Any labour lawyers out there concerned about a Minister acting on behalf of employer in bargaining publicly chastising the union for considering a strike vote and telling the union it “needs to” not take a strike vote? Unlawful interference with administration of a union?

Stephen Lecce

@Sflecce

2 years

My message to parents is clear: this government will do whatever it takes to ensure your kids return to normal and stable classrooms. Full stop. @CUPEOntario needs to immediately halt this march to a potential strike in September and focus on keeping kids in class.

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

2 years

Okay fine folks, its 9 p.m. and I'm afraid I need to sign off for the evening. Life has interfered with this noble cause of live tweeting this very important case. As an author of multiple books on the subject, I can say that what the Ford govt is doing here is very scary.

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

2 years

We are done here for the night folks. OLRB hearing resuming tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. when the Chair will issue his decision on whether Minister Lecce and/or a senior official will be required to testify. Night everyone.

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

2 years

This is important. Ontario has withdrawn from 80 year long compromise that is foundation of our system. It has imposed an even greater restriction on right to strike (complete ban) WHILE also refusing to bargain in good faith. OLRB Chair asks, is it just "too bad, so sad"?

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

9 months

Also most people would be surprised to learn how little their lives are affected by the federal government. Our daily lives are FAR more influenced by provincial and municipal governments in Canada. Almost everything people blame Trudeau for is not federal responsibility.

Tyler Meredith

@tylermeredith

9 months

It’s popular to dunk on govt. Especially the federal govt. Who some think doesn’t do big things well. These views have limited basis in fact. There are lots of areas for improvement. But you’d be surprised at how well the fed govt does on some things. Here’s a🧵 1/n #cdnpoli

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

8 months

Public libraries don’t make donations to Conservative Parties

Steve Paikin

@spaikin

8 months

Min. ⁦ @ToddMcCarthyCPC ⁩ asked why ⁦ @ServiceOntario ⁩ kiosks being put in ⁦ @Staples ⁩ rather than public libraries. Lots of applause to that question. “We’re committed to a lot of different service delivery models” McCarthy says. #onpoli ⁦ @ROMA_Ont ⁩

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

1 year

Recall government’s strategy with CUPE education workers was to demonize this basic, normal step of taking a strike vote. Watch for Lecce to do same again. Ignore that. The law is designed to encourage strike votes. It’s mundane and normal. Expect overwhelming support too.

Toronto Star

@TorontoStar

1 year

Ontario’s public high school teachers to hold strike vote as contract talks drag with Ford government

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

9 months

More secret back room deals with Conservative corporate supporters. If Ontario never elects a majority Conservative government again it will be too soon.

Richard Southern

@RichardCityNews

9 months

#EXCLUSIVE - The Ford government will use taxpayer dollars to retrofit two Walmart stores that will also host ServiceOntario outlets, CityNews has learned. This is in addition to the sole-sourced deal handed to Staples that will also see taxpayer $ used.

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@TheLawofWork

10 months

Ontario is last in every comparison of post-education finding, 10th out of 10. Report lays blame for crisis in education squarely at the door of @fordnation Conservatives.

Star Editorial Board: Ontario’s colleges and universities are strapped for cash. A panel has wisely...

The Ontario government’s lack of vision on post-secondary education does not just fail a sector. It fails the future.

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David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙

@TheLawofWork

4 months

Stop naming city landmarks after deeply divisive politicians. Have we learned nothing? There’s loads of real heroes out there making people’s lives better every day deserving of recognition. Hell, I’d prefer any medical professional working in cancer wards or children’s hospital

Doug Ford

@fordnation

4 months

My family and I are deeply moved by Toronto City Council’s decision to honour Rob’s service to his community by renaming Centennial Stadium after him. I hope you’ll be able to join us tomorrow at 6 PM to mark this event as we celebrate the unveiling of the Rob Ford Stadium.

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