Bill 124Royal AssentToronto impact score 0.0 out of 10
Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019
42nd Parliament, 1st session (2018–21) · Sponsored by Peter Bethlenfalvy · Introduced June 5, 2019
What MPPs said they would do
Members who said in the House how they would vote on this bill, next to how they then voted.
Mike Schreiner · Green
… I will be voting against Bill 124, and I encourage all members to do so as well.
Said in the House, Nov 7, 2019 · Hansard
Voted as they said
Related Scandals
Ontario's Health-Care Job CutsThe Ford government broke its 2018 promise that "not a single person will lose their job" — eliminating hundreds of health-care positions in 2019 and setting a funding path that Ontario's own Financial Accountability Office projects will cut over 9,000 nurse and PSW positions by 2027-28, in the middle of a nursing shortage already driving emergency room closures across the province.Bill 124 / Bill 28 — Healthcare & Education Wage SuppressionFord's Bill 124 capped wages for 780,000 public sector workers — mostly nurses and healthcare staff — at 1% annually for three years while inflation ran at 4–7%. Two courts struck it down as unconstitutional. Separately, Bill 28 invoked the notwithstanding clause to ban 55,000 education workers from striking, threatening fines of $500,000/day on the union and $4,000/day on individuals. Ford was forced to repeal it within days after a threatened general strike. Ontario ultimately paid $4.3 million in legal costs.