Namara, past president of AMO in a letter
to Ontario’s labour minister.
At every opportunity, the Ontario Cham-
ber of Commerce has asked the province
to amend Section 126 of Ontario’s Labour
Relations Act.
“The current system has created monopo-
lies in some of the province’s largest mu-
nicipalities,” said the OCC in a submission
to the Ontario government back in 2015.
It went on to say, “… this system stifles
competition and often results in unneces-
sarily high infrastructure costs.”
To help stimulate Canada’s sluggish econ-
omy, the federal government is planning
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