Ontario's Labour Peace: Bought or Brought?///Charlotte Yates

Ontario experienced labour unrest during both Premier Bob Rae and Premier Mike Harris' tenure. But under Premier McGuinty, things have been relatively quiet. Is it because he 'bought' peace from the unions by accepting their demands, or are we simply /// Dean of Social Sciences at McMaster University, Charlotte Yates, on the future of unions in Canada.

Guests

Christina Blizzard
Queen's Park Columnist, Toronto Sun

Cheri DiNovo
NDP MPP, Parkdale-High Park

Brad Duguid
Liberal MPP, Scarborough Centre

Christine Elliott
PC MPP, Whitby-Oshawa

Matthew Mendelsohn
Director, Mowat Centre

Charlotte Yates
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, McMaster University

Ontario's Labour Peace: Bought or Brought?

Ontario experienced labour unrest during both Premier Bob Rae and Premier Mike Harris' tenure. But under Premier McGuinty, things have been relatively quiet. As a new decade dawns in Ontario, has the province's relatively amicable relationship with labour been brought about by reasonable policies... or bought outright with plum collective agreements?

Charlotte Yates

Labour expert Charlotte Yates on the road ahead for Canada's unions.