Ontario tables legislation to end five-week college faculty strike
TORONTO — Ontario tabled legislation Friday to end a five-week strike by college faculty, which could mean hundreds of thousands of students can return to class next week.
The Liberal government tried to both introduce and immediately pass the bill Friday, but they needed all parties’ unanimous consent to do so and the NDP refused.
The legislation will now be debated through rare sittings on Saturday and Sunday. If it is passed on Sunday, classes could resume Tuesday, the colleges said.
Once classes at Ontario’s 24 colleges have resumed, the schools will be likely either extending the semester until Dec. 22 or using the first week back in January to complete the fall term, said Don Sinclair, the CEO of the College Employer Council.