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DOL.STUDIO PRESENTS...

STATEMENT

Ontario reaches tentative #agreement with Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) to provide stability in public high schools

TORONTO — Today, Stephen Lecce , Minister of Education, issued the following statement:

“My ongoing commitment to Ontario families is to use every available #tool and #pursue every path that keeps students in school. Doing so will mean students are in #classrooms learning what matters most: reading, writing and math skills.

I am very pleased to announce that we have #reached a tentative four-year agreement with the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) on a process that, if ratified by the union’s members, will keep students in #class where they belong.

If this agreement is #ratified, a student who entered grade nine in an English public high school last September will have their entire high school experience free from the threat of teacher #strikes. That’s something all of us can #celebrate.

The tentative #agreement provides for bargaining to continue without the threat of strikes. If a #collective agreement cannot be reached by October 27, 2023, the parties will enter binding interest arbitration to resolve any outstanding issues.

Through this process, a neutral third-party, will make #binding decisions on all outstanding matters.

To ensure #stability across the entire education system, we are inviting all outstanding teacher unions to #meet with the government as early as Monday to also enter into a tentative #deal ahead of the start of school. Let's get these deals done and let kids get back to #learning in peace and with confidence.”

August 25, 2023 - #Education

NEWS RELEASE

Ontario Launches 2023 Excellence in Agriculture Program

GUELPH – The Government of Ontario is #launching the 2023 Excellence in Agriculture program to #showcase the #outstanding efforts, innovations, and achievements across the agriculture and food sector. The #program recognizes individuals, businesses, and organizations that #drive the industry forward, adopt new technologies and #increase awareness across Ontario’s agri-food value chain.

August 25, 2023 - #Agriculture, #Food and #Rural #Affairs

BULLETIN

Ontario Taking Action to Stop the Unlawful Extraction and Sale of Aggregates

The Ontario Government | Gouvernement de l’Ontario is taking action to #stop the unlawful #extraction and #sale of aggregates from unlicensed #areas.

August 25, 2023 - #Natural #Resources and #Forestry

NEWS RELEASE

Ontario Investing an Additional $160 Million to Train Workers

DRESDEN — The Ontario Government | Gouvernement de l’Ontario is investing an additional $160 million in the Skills Development Fund (SDF) to tackle the #labour #shortage and help at least 100,000 workers get #free training to meet the needs of employers #hiring in their communities. The funding will #prioritize programs that propose innovative training #solutions to help people on social assistance and with prior #criminal #records find meaningful employment in #critical industries like healthcare, auto-manufacturing, information technology, hospitality and the skilled #trades.

August 25, 2023 - #Labour, #Immigration, #Training and #Skills #Development

NEWS RELEASE

Ontario Honours the Outstanding Contributions of Volunteers

TORONTO - The Ontario Government | Gouvernement de l’Ontario is #recognizing over 3400 community volunteers through the 2023 Ontario Volunteer Service Awards. The Ontario Volunteer Service Awards recognizes adult and youth volunteers for their outstanding #contributions and years of continuous service at organizations such as non-profits, schools, community centres, hospitals, libraries and community associations.

August 24, 2023 - #Citizenship and #Multiculturalism

NEWS RELEASE

Ontario Investing $1.8 Million in New Forest Sector Technology

SMITHVILLE – The Government of Ontario is #investing $1.8 million to help Niagara Pallet & Recyclers Ltd. expand its production facility and #install #automated pallet-making equipment. This investment will #triple pallet production, increase the company’s sales by 46 per cent and create 30 new jobs.

August 24, 2023 - #Natural #Resources and #Forestry

COURT BULLETIN

Construction Supervisor Fined $70,000 After Workplace Fatality

#Convicted: Tony Ventrone, former construction supervisor of Infrastructure Coatings (Ontario) Corporation, 53 Bass Pro Mills Drive, Suite 130, Concord, Ontario, L4K 5X2, a company that provides infrastructure protective coating services.

August 23, 2023 - #Labour, #Immigration, #Training and #Skills #Development

NEWS RELEASE

Ontario Continuing Support for Wheatley

WHEATLEY – The Ontario Government | Gouvernement de l’Ontario is #providing an additional $11 million in funding to support the #municipality of Chatham-Kent with ongoing emergency #management, investigation and community #recovery expenses related to the #Wheatley #explosion in August 2021.

August 23, 2023 - #Natural #Resources and #Forestry

NEWS RELEASE

Ontario Making Progress on Work to Build at Least 1.5 Million Homes

LONDON — Today, Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, #addressed delegates at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario #conference. He spoke about the progress the government is making on its #plan to get at least 1.5 million homes built by 2031 as well as the next steps it is taking to tackle the #housing supply crisis in communities across Ontario.

August 22, 2023 - #Municipal #Affairs and #Housing

NEWS RELEASE

Ontario Investing in a Stronger Public Health Sector

LONDON — The Ontario Government | Gouvernement de l’Ontario is taking an important step forward to #deliver on Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care by #increasing provincial funding for public health agencies to #build a robust public health sector that has the support and resources needed to #connect people to faster, more convenient care in their communities.

August 22, 2023 - #Health

NEWS RELEASE

New Youth Wellness Hub Now Open in Sarnia

SARNIA — The Ontario Government | Gouvernement de l’Ontario is celebrating the #opening of a new Youth Wellness Hub in #Sarnia, making it #faster and easier for young people in and around #Lambton County to #connect to mental health, substance use and primary care closer to home.

August 22, 2023 - #Health

NEWS RELEASE

Ontario Welcomes $5 Million Manufacturing Investment

VAUGHAN — The Ontario Government | Gouvernement de l’Ontario is #welcoming a $5 million investment by Macrodyne Hydraulic Presses & Automation Technologies Inc., North America’s largest manufacturer of hydraulic presses and automation systems, equipment used by #manufacturers in over 40 industries to shape and mould #materials such as metal, plastic, rubber and wood. This investment will be used to #purchase the latest manufacturing technology for the company’s facilities in Vaughan and create 25 new good-paying jobs for #machine builders, electricians, hydraulic technicians and engineers.

August 22, 2023 - #Economic #Development, #Job #Creation and #Trade

NEWS RELEASE

Ontario Partnering with ALUS Canada to Protect Species at Risk

ILDERTON — The Ontario Government | Gouvernement de l’Ontario is #providing $561,000 to ALUS Canada for a three-year project #targeting ecosystems in Southern Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area.

August 21, 2023 - #Environment, #Conservation and #Parks

NEWS RELEASE

To Build More Homes, Ontario Launching Building Faster Fund and Expanding Strong Mayor Powers

LONDON — To reward municipalities that build homes, the Ontario Government | Gouvernement de l’Ontario is launching the Building Faster Fund, a new three-year, $1.2 billion program that provides significant new funding based on performance against provincial housing targets. To ensure more municipalities have the #tools needed to build homes and to #expand eligibility for the Building Faster Fund, the province is also expanding #strong #mayor #powers to municipalities projected to have populations of 50,000 or larger by 2031 that commit to meeting their provincial #targets.

August 21, 2023 - #Office of the #Premier

Information from the Ontario News Room courtesy of ? King's Printer for Ontario, 2023.