An Ontario law that imposed wage restraint on public sector workers violated their collective bargaining rights and is unconstitutional, the province's Appeal Court ruled Monday, a decision many labour groups called a major victory.Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government enacted the law in 2019, saying it needed to address the provincial deficit.
The Progressive Conservatives enacted the law in 2019 as a way to help the government eliminate a deficit. The province argued the law did not infringe constitutional rights, saying the charter only protects the process of bargaining, not the outcome.Ontario public servants awarded 6.5% pay hike in wake of Bill 124 ruling
In a dissenting opinion, Justice C. William Hourigan wrote that the evidence showed very real economic reasons for imposing wage restraint, and that the government did so instead of cutting services or jobs. "This sham of a bill has severely impacted access to and quality of care for Ontarians since 2019," said Ontario Nurses' Association provincial president Erin Ariss.
"Certainly the government's books now show that this legislation was not necessary, we were in a surplus situation," he said.
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