Bill 28 – Keeping Students in Class Act
Oh boy here’s a fun one. Bill 28 is using the Notwithstanding Clause to override CUPE’s constitutional right to collective bargaining to legislate a new collective agreement for them. There’s also measures in here to ensure no legal action can be taken against the government for passing this, no compensation needs to be handed out to anyone affected by it, and that any strikes must immediately end when Bill 28 takes effect. Note that the last bit of this Bill is the new collective agreement, which is a bit outside the scope of what I’m aiming to cover so I’ll be skipping that part. (I’m sure we’re going to hear plenty about what’s in the new agreement shortly anyway)