From the Provincial Office of OSSTF NEW BILLS INTRODUCED BILL 23, ISLAMIC HERITAGE MONTH ACT NDP MPP Teresa Armstrong (London—Fanshawe) introduced Bill 23, Islamic Heritage Month Act. The bill would […] Read More
Education Politics
Queen’s Park Notes for the Week of September 19, 2016
From the Provincial Office of OSSTF LEGISLATIVE AGENDA DISRUPTED BY ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PLOW MATCH The Legislature was adjourned from its regularly scheduled Monday and Tuesday sittings by the International Plowing […] Read More
Queen’s Park Notes for the Week of September 12, 2016
From the Provincial Office of OSSTF NEW SESSION BEGINS AFTER PROROGATION Fast on the heels of an embarrassing by-election loss in the long-time Liberal stronghold of Scarborough—Rouge River, Premier Kathleen […] Read More
Queen’s Park Notes for the Week of May 30, 2016
From the Provincial Office of OSSTF NEW BILLS INTRODUCED BILL 206, REPRESENTATION AMENDMENT ACT (WAHNAPITAE FIRST NATION) NDP MPP France Gelinas (Nickel Belt) introduced Bill 206, Representation Amendment Act (Wahnapitae […] Read More
Queen’s Park Notes for the Week of May 16, 2016
From the Provincial Office of OSSTF AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT ON GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS TO EDUCATION-SECTOR UNIONS After it was revealed last fall that the Liberal government reimbursed education sector unions, including […] Read More
Queen’s Park Notes for the Week of May 2, 2016
From the Provincial Office of OSSTF AUTISM QUESTIONS RESULT IN MPP’S EJECTION FROM QUESTION PERIOD Hundreds of parents, education workers and community supporters descended on Queen’s Park for a rally […] Read More
Queen’s Park Notes for the Week of April 18, 2016
From the Provincial Office of OSSTF Ontario Superior Court Rules Bill 115 Violated Charter of Rights and Freedoms In a major victory for Canada’s labour movement, Justice Thomas R. Lederer […] Read More
Queen’s Park Notes for the Week of April 11, 2016
From the Provincial Office of OSSTF PROVINCIAL AND DEMONSTRATION SCHOOLS TO STAY OPEN ANOTHER YEAR On the day before a planned rally and a NDP motion, the Liberals delayed the […] Read More
Queen’s Park Notes For the week of MAY 22, 2015
From the Provincial Office of OSSTF. OSSTF/FEESO Strikes Dominate Business of the Legislature After a one week recess, the Ontario Legislature returned to a tumultuous week on the education […] Read More
MEDIA RELEASE: Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation to resume local strike actions June 10
From the Provincial Office of OSSTF. For immediate release: May 27, 2015 (Toronto)—Despite our unequivocal disagreement with the rationale for the ruling received yesterday from the Ontario Labour Relations […] Read More