The Ford government is accusing certain education unions of choosing to pause bargaining, a claim one union is calling “hogwash.” It is the latest development in what has become a messy round of summer negotiations...

Ontario education workers and parents are raising alarm bells over a province-wide educational assistant (EA) shortage as pre-school-year contract negotiations loom. Because schools are short-staffed, advocates say care is “rationed” across multiple classrooms, leaving vulnerable...