ONTARIO CATHOLIC, FRENCH TEACHERS RATIFY DEALS WITH FORD GOVERNMENT

Ontario’s Catholic and French teachers have ratified contracts with the provincial government.

The results of the votes, announced Wednesday, means all of the province’s teachers’ unions have now inked deals with the Ford government.

Members of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) — representing 45,000 elementary and secondary teachers in English-language Catholic schools — voted 91.7 per cent in favour of the central terms of the 2022-26 collective agreement.