Provincial Liberals Repeal Bill 115

The governing Liberals say they’re repealing the
controversial law that has outraged Ontario’s public school
teachers.
The change is to take effect tomorrow, and comes only four months
after the law was passed.
Bill 115 allowed the Liberals to impose contracts on about
126-thousand teachers and education workers — freezing most
teachers’ wages and cutting their benefits.
The legislation sparked major protests by teachers’ unions and
the withdrawal of extracurricular activities by high school
teachers.
Education Minister Laurel Broten says she hopes repealing the law
will remove what became a lightening rod in the province’s labour
battle with teachers.
Broten says she hopes the repeal will result in the resumption of
extracurricular and voluntary work by teachers.
Several unions have already put the wheels in motion to fight the
legislation in court, calling it unconstitutional and a violation of
their right to strike.