Ford offered to repeal Bill 28 if CUPE education workers ended their walkout
“As a gesture of good faith our government is willing to rescind the legislation, are willing to rescind section 33, but only if CUPE agrees to show a similar gesture of good faith by stopping their strike, and letting our kids back into their classrooms.”
Doug Ford, · Queen's Park news conference
What happened · Nov 14, 2022
CUPE ended its walkout and the legislature passed Bill 35 on November 14, 2022, repealing Bill 28 and deeming it never to have been in force.
Bill 28, the Keeping Students in Class Act, passed on November 3, 2022. It imposed a four-year contract on 55,000 CUPE education workers, banned their strike and used the notwithstanding clause to shield the law from Charter challenge. On November 7, after workers walked out anyway, Ford offered to repeal it if CUPE ended the strike, and the union returned to work the next day. On November 14, 2022, the government tabled and passed Bill 35, which repealed Bill 28 retroactively and deemed it never to have been in force.
- Ford Government's Use of the Notwithstanding Clause
- Bill 124 / Bill 28 — Healthcare & Education Wage Suppression
- Bill 28 (2022–24)
- Bill 35 (2022–24)
Outcome: Hicks Morley, Legislative Assembly of Ontario