Ontario Education Strike Lecce Speaks To Early Morning Debate
The Legislature met at 5 a.m. today for the second reading of the Keeping Students in Schools Act, which aims to impose a four-year contract on education workers and ban strikes. “Right now is a critical time for our students. Right now, our students need uninterrupted learning in the classroom,” Lecce said during his hour-long commencement address Tuesday morning. His remarks focused heavily on the need to “keep kids in school” after two years of a pandemic that has disrupted learning, and made little mention of the support staff sitting on the other side of the table....