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Ontario's Government for the People cutting

red tape in order to help create and protect jobs

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Ontario is open for business: the government is acting to bring jobs and investment back to our province by lightening the burden on business and making sure that hard work is rewarded. The proposed Making Ontario Open for Business Act would remove the worst burdens that prevent Ontario businesses from creating jobs while expanding opportunities for workers.

The government is proposing to repeal amendments made by the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (Bill 148) that are causing employers the most concern and unnecessary burden.

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COCA's press release on the Government's announcement on the repeal of Bill 148

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Government Announces Repeal of Bill 148; Good News for Construction

Toronto, October 23, 2018 - Earlier today, the Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, Jim Wilson, the Minister of Labour, Laurie Scott and the Minister of Training Colleges and Universities, Merrilee Fullerton, jointly announced our new government’s intention to introduce legislation to repeal amendments made by the Fair Workplaces Better Jobs Act 2017 (Bill 148) that place an unnecessary burden on employers. The legislation, if passed, will amend the Employment Standards Act (ESA) and the Labour Relations Act (LRA). It will be called the Ontario Open for Business Act and be introduced in the Ontario Legislature this afternoon.

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