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bour strife continues to have an impact on area English-language public schools. With most teachers no longer participat-
ing in extacurricular activities, many of these programs have either been can- celled or curtailed.
The effect on students could be pro- found and long-term, notes Upper Can- ada District School Board chair Greg Pi- etersma on his blog. “It means that when this is over, going back to normal is not good enough. Not until we have repaired the dam- aged that we have created, can we rest,” he writes. Pietersma has been critical of Education Minister Laurel Broten’s handling of the controversy swirling around the provincial government’s imposition of a two-year pay freeze on teachers. Pietersma has defended the collec- tive bargaining process and said school boards have lost because the education ministry has not allowed boards to mod- ernize the contracts. “This has demonstrated again that min- isterial involvement in collective bargain- ing does not lead to peace and stability. Trustees, the employer, should have been given a better hand to deal with their em- ployees – the minister should have stayed in the back room and let us negotiate,” he has declared. Pietersma has argued that the govern- ment has constantly eroded the autono- my of school boards. One-day protests planned by teachers were cancelled when the Ontario Labour Relations Board ruled that such tactics would be illegal. “It cannot be business as usual in the education sector,” Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) president Sam Hammond last week. “We have said all along that this govern- ment cannot be allowed to override the fundamental rights of working Ontarians. In this instance, the OLRB has provided direction and we will abide by that. How- ever, we still have a situation where the terms and conditions of our members’ employment have been dictated through a disgraceful misuse of government pow- er.” Funds for housing newsroom@eap.on.ca L’ORIGNAL | The United counties of Pres- cott-Russell will receive $226,658 from the Ontario government to support the deliv- ery of local housing and homelessness programs. “We have listened to people who have voiced their concerns about access to hous- ing supports,” says Glengarry-Prescott- Russell M.P.P. Grant Crack. “This one-time, transitional funding will provide Ontario communities with additional flexibility to help individuals and families in need.” The Ministry of Community and Social Services has announced $42 million to qualifying Ontario municipalities in 2013- 14 as they work to implement the new con- solidated program known as the Commu- nity Homeless Prevention Initiative (CHPI), a 100 percent provincially funded investment of $246 million for 2013-14. “This one-time grant will work in combi- nation with existing housing and homeless- ness supports,” said Minister of Community and Social Services John Milloy. “Our goal is to ensure security and stability for people receiving assistance from Ontario Works or the Ontario Disability Support Program while municipalities develop their CHPI in- vestment plans.”
Although teachers’ walk-outs have been cancelled, the Ontario-wide la-
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