{"id":89247,"date":"2017-02-13T17:35:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T22:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=89247"},"modified":"2017-02-13T17:35:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T22:35:06","slug":"nova-scotia-legislature-sits-today-to-resolve-ongoing-teachers-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/13\/nova-scotia-legislature-sits-today-to-resolve-ongoing-teachers-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Nova Scotia legislature sits today to resolve ongoing teachers dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_89251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89251\" style=\"width: 958px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14524381_10154577184752486_2248423347128499399_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89251\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14524381_10154577184752486_2248423347128499399_o.jpg\" alt=\"Premier Stephen McNeil's government is to introduce a bill that will \u201cbring an end\u201d to the dispute that has seen teachers reject three contract offers and launch a work-to-rule campaign. (Photo: Stephen McNeil\/Facebook)\" width=\"958\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14524381_10154577184752486_2248423347128499399_o.jpg 958w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14524381_10154577184752486_2248423347128499399_o-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14524381_10154577184752486_2248423347128499399_o-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14524381_10154577184752486_2248423347128499399_o-768x770.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Premier Stephen McNeil&#8217;s government is to introduce a bill that will \u201cbring an end\u201d to the dispute that has seen teachers reject three contract offers and launch a work-to-rule campaign. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/StephenMcNeilLiberal\/photos\/a.251423302485.143296.19853187485\/10154577184752486\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Stephen McNeil\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>HALIFAX\u2014The Nova Scotia legislature resumes sitting Monday night to force a resolution to the ongoing contract dispute with teachers, though the Opposition leader is calling for the sitting to be put off due to the threat of an expected winter storm.<\/p>\n<p>Premier Stephen McNeil&#8217;s government is to introduce a bill that will \u201cbring an end\u201d to the dispute that has seen teachers reject three contract offers and launch a work-to-rule campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The Nova Scotia Teachers Union and the opposition parties have condemned the use of legislation, saying it takes away teacher&#8217;s rights.<\/p>\n<p>The union is demanding its members be allowed to speak when the opportunity comes to propose amendments to whatever bill the government brings forward.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition leader Jamie Baillie issued a statement late Sunday calling for the Liberals to delay introducing their bill because of the forecasted storm that has prompted the provincial government to close all its mainland offices Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Baillie says the potential of dangerous driving conditions is a safety concern for not only those who work at the legislature, but also teachers, students and parents who might want to see and take part in the legislative debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no emergency facing Nova Scotia students that warrants any risk to safety associated with opening the Nova Scotia House of Assembly on Monday, February 13th,\u201d said the statement.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition leaders say they will do everything possible to hold up the bill through procedural delays, but acknowledged the Liberals can use their majority to bulldoze a bill through the house.<\/p>\n<p>The teachers suspended their work-to-rule campaign last month after the latest tentative contract was hammered out, but said it was to resume this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX\u2014The Nova Scotia legislature resumes sitting Monday night to force a resolution to the ongoing contract dispute with teachers, though &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":89251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,18,16],"tags":[15124],"class_list":["post-89247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ca","category-news","tag-nova-scotia-legislature","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}