Close X
Friday, January 10, 2025
ADVT 
National

Details Of Teacher Contracts To Be Released 'as Soon As Possible': Minister

Darpan News Desk IANS, 25 Jan, 2016 11:28 AM
    TORONTO — Ontario's education minister says she wants to release details of teachers' contracts "as soon as possible."
     
    Liz Sandals has answered questions about $3.74 million in payments to cover negotiating costs for several unions by promising to release the agreements once all are finalized.
     
    As of late last week, central deals had been ratified by all education-sector unions, and Sandals said today she is looking at how to release those details without disrupting ongoing local negotiations.
     
    This round of bargaining was the first in which local and central deals were negotiated separately and the Liberal government has defended the payments as necessary because the transition to a new system made the process quite lengthy.
     
    But Sandals said no other union received payments other than those already reported through the media. 
     
    The Liberals paid $2.5 million this year to the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association and the French teachers' union. In 2008 and 2012 a total of $1.24 million was paid to OSSTF, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents support workers, and the French teachers' union.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Canadian Man Ordered Held In Jail Until 4th Trial Of 1988 Double Killing

    Canadian Man Ordered Held In Jail Until 4th Trial Of 1988 Double Killing
      Anthony Barnaby pleaded not guilty in September to murder charges.

    Canadian Man Ordered Held In Jail Until 4th Trial Of 1988 Double Killing

    Government Will 'Get It Right' On Getting Oil, Gas To Tidewater, Says Jim Carr

    Government Will 'Get It Right' On Getting Oil, Gas To Tidewater, Says Jim Carr
    OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr acknowledges there's considerable urgency to building new Canadian pipeline capacity to tidewater, even as new roadblocks continue to appear.

    Government Will 'Get It Right' On Getting Oil, Gas To Tidewater, Says Jim Carr

    10 Years Later, Canadian Diplomat Glyn Berry's Death In Kandahar Still Unpunished

    10 Years Later, Canadian Diplomat Glyn Berry's Death In Kandahar Still Unpunished
    The family intends to mark today's sombre anniversary with a quiet celebration of Berry's life and legacy, his widow Valerie told The Canadian Press.

    10 Years Later, Canadian Diplomat Glyn Berry's Death In Kandahar Still Unpunished

    'i Am Not Donald Trump,' Says Brash Kevin O'leary, Mulling Bid For Tory Leadership

    Both of them are business titans, authors, and TV personalities — one actively running to lead the U.S. political right, and the other thinking about doing the same in Canada.

    'i Am Not Donald Trump,' Says Brash Kevin O'leary, Mulling Bid For Tory Leadership

    Safe Injection Service Within Vancouver HIV Centre Gets Federal Approval

    The centre cares for HIV patients who may also have complex health and social issues, including mental illness and addictions.

    Safe Injection Service Within Vancouver HIV Centre Gets Federal Approval

    Alberta Health Services Urging People To Get Flu Shot; 5 Deaths, 4 Not Immunized

    Alberta Health Services Urging People To Get Flu Shot; 5 Deaths, 4 Not Immunized
    Alberta Health Services says there have been five flu-related deaths in the province since the beginning of the year and four of those who died had not been immunized.

    Alberta Health Services Urging People To Get Flu Shot; 5 Deaths, 4 Not Immunized