124석이 달린 6월 총선에서, 온타리오 주 보수당이 과반을 넘는 76석을 차지, 단독 주정부를 수립했다. 캐나다 보수당 당명은 진보보수당 (Progressive Conservative)이다. 캐나다 온타리오 주 총선 방식은 소선거구 '승자독식' 제도이다. 보수당 득표율은 40.63%, 지난 주정부였던 자유당 (리버럴 Liberal) 은 득표는 19.3%를 했으나 7석을 차지해 폭락했다. 사회민주당으로 분류될 수 있는 신민주당 (NDP)은 33.69% 득표율로 40석을 차지, 공식적인 제 1 야당이 되었다.
녹색당은 토론토 외곽 도시 구엘프 (Guelph)에서 1명 당선자를 배출했다. 전체 득표율은 4.62%였다.
'We have taken back Ontario': Doug Ford leads PCs to majority government
Wynne resigns as Liberal leader, Greens elect first MPP in Guelph
Lucas Powers · CBC News · Posted: Jun 07, 2018 7:29 PM ET | Last Updated: June 9
Ontario's incoming premier, Doug Ford, helped his party secure a substantial majority government after less than three months at the helm. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
Led by Doug Ford, Ontario's Progressive Conservatives secured a considerable majority government on Thursday, handily defeating the rival New Democrats and ending nearly 15 years of Liberal power in the province.
Andrea Horwath's NDP will form the Official Opposition at the legislature, while the embattled Liberals suffered a historic rebuke from voters. The Grits lost the vast majority of their seats at Queen's Park and earned their lowest-ever share of the popular vote.
Shortly after results were announced, Kathleen Wynne revealed she will resign as Liberal leader, as her party failed to pick up the eight seats necessary to maintain official party status.
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Buoyed by Ford — a one-term Toronto city councillor and businessman — the PCs ran a populist campaign long on commitments but short on fiscal details, promising a tax cut for the middle class and corporations and a drastic reduction in the price of hydro and gasoline.
The PCs were the only party that did not release a fully costed platform prior to election day.
Riding a wave of entrenched anti-Liberal sentiment, the Tories managed to win 76 seats, up from the 27 they held when the campaign kicked off in May.
"My friends, this victory belongs to you. This victory belongs to the people. And tonight, the people of Ontario have spoken," Ford said in a speech to supporters at an event in Toronto. He opted to toss tradition out the window and speak before his unsuccessful rivals.
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"I promised to deliver a strong, stable majority government and together we did that. Together we made history. We have taken back Ontario, we have delivered a government that is for the people," he continued.
"A new day has dawned in Ontario — a day of opportunity, a day of prosperity and a day of growth."
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With all polls reporting, voter turnout was about 58 per cent, the strongest showing in the province since 1999.
Ford easily won his seat in Etobicoke North, the symbolic heartland of "Ford Nation," the term given to an unwavering core of supporters, many of whom also backed his late brother, former Toronto mayor Rob Ford.
In his victory speech, Ford became emotional as he thanked his brother.
Ford was easily elected in his riding of Etobicoke North. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)
"I know my brother Rob is looking down from heaven. I'm just getting chills talking about him right now. I know Rob is celebrating with us tonight. We owe so much to Rob's legacy," Ford said.
The PCs made significant gains in the 905 and throughout the Greater Toronto Area, regions that are critical to the political landscape in Ontario because the number of seats that are concentrated within them.
"Tonight we have a sent a clear message to the world: Ontario is open for business," Ford said in his address.
As was expected, Horwath held onto her seat in Hamilton Centre, where she has served as an MPP since 2004. Heading into election day, polls suggested that the NDP had a slim chance of eking out a win. While such an improbable scenario never materialized, the New Democrats managed to take 40 seats, up from the 18 they held when the campaign began.
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"I could not be more proud that we offered a positive vision: change for the better. New Democrats rejected the politics of fear and cynicism, and we put hope and vision for a better future at the heart of our campaign," Horwath told supporters in Hamilton.
"Together, we won more seats than we have held in a generation. And I am deeply humbled that Ontarians have asked us to serve as the new Official Opposition."
The election results represent a marked turnaround for the NDP, a party that has consistently found itself in third place since Bob Rae's government was defeated in 1995.
Meanwhile, in a historic first for Ontario, Green party Leader Mike Schreiner has won a seat in Guelph.
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Wynne resigns as Liberal leader
Wynne, Ontario's first female and openly LGBT premier, was re-elected in Don Valley West, though the race was much tighter than it has been in previous years.
However her incumbent Liberals, who had enjoyed a majority since 2014, suffered a stunning collapse. The party only managed to secure seven seats, which means they have lost official party status in the Legislature. They were also nearly wiped off the political map in Toronto, an area that was key to their majority.
Similarly, in terms of the popular vote, it was the Liberal's worst showing in the party's history, with a 19.6 per cent vote share. It has never before finished with less than 20 per cent of the popular vote.
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Several prominent Liberals who served as cabinet ministers under Wynne lost their seats, including Charles Sousa, Yasir Naqvi, Steven Del Duca and Glenn Thibeault.
The trouncing was foreshadowed last weekend, when Wynne took the extraordinary step of admitting publicly that she would not be Ontario's premier after the vote. With defeat imminent, she encouraged voters to elect Liberals to ensure the next government is kept "in check."
She struck a tone of gratitude in her last major address at the helm of the Liberal party.
"This is not a concession speech — I conceded days ago. This is my chance to say thank you for allowing me to be premier, allowing me to connect with so many of you the last five years" Wynne told supporters on Thursday night.
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She then announced that she will resign as leader.
"There is another generation, and I am passing the torch to that generation," Wynne said as she fought back tears.
"I know that tonight is not the result we were looking for and no one feels that more sharply than I do, but this is not a moment where any of us should linger. We can't stay here," she continued.
"I hope that you can feel very proud of what we have done together in the past and absolutely determined to take on the task that lies ahead."
The PCs' election victory comes after a memorable and at-times vicious campaign that pitted the Tories against the NDP. The month-long slog proved difficult for Ford and some of his candidates. What began as a commanding lead in public opinion polls steadily narrowed over the month-long battle.
Ford, unaccustomed to the scrutiny that a provincial campaign draws, faced down multiple controversies and alleged scandals. One his former candidates was forced to resign over his alleged links to a data breach at the company who operates Ontario's Highway 407.
And three days before the election, the widow of his late brother, former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, sued the Tory leader. The suit claims Ford withheld money from her and her two children, and that Ford's Toronto- and Chicago-based businesses are bleeding money.
Historic win for Green Leader Mike Schreiner in Guelph
Under Ford, the PCs recaptured the province they have not led since 2003, overcoming the failings of the past three elections that saw them unable to defeat the Liberals. In some cases those campaigns were sunk before they barely got off the ground with promises to fund religious schools or cut 100,000 public sector jobs.
Ford took the reins of the party less than three months ago, winning the leadership race on the third ballot after former leader Patrick Brown abruptly resigned.
(2) 2일 유급 병가 폐지, 10일 비상 휴가안 폐지 (3) 비정규직과 정규직 동일 임금 지급법안 폐지
(4) 더그 포드 주정부: 노동자 임금과 사회복지비 규제 대신, "비지니스에 개방을 open for business" 정책 도입, 기업 투자 규제 해소, 짐 윌슨 온타리오 주 정부 경제부 장관 "일자리 창출, 투자, 성장"을 위해 과거 리버럴 정부의 "규제 쓰나미"를 다 해소하자고 주장.
2018년 6월 주 총선에서 집권한 온타리오 보수파 주지사 더그 포드가 최저임금을 2년간 동결시키려고 한다. 지난 리버럴 주정부(주 지사 캐슬린 위니)는 2018년 14달러, 2019년 1월부터 시간당 15달러로 최저임금을 인상했다. 그런데 더그 포드 보수당 주지사가 시계를 거꾸로 돌리고 있다.
온타리오 노동연맹 (OFL) 크리스 버클리는 “더그 포드 주지사는 노동자의 친구가 아니라 적임이 입증되었다” 맹비난함
온타리오 주 초등학교 교사 협회 (ETFO)도 성명를 발표해, “더그 포드 주지사의 노동법 개악안은 비정규직 계약직 교사에게 큰 피해를 줄 것이다”
샘 하몬드는 성명에서 “더그 포드의 ‘비지니스에 개방을 open for business’ 노선은 기업과 자본의 자유와 재량권을 부여하면서 동시에 노동자의 임금과 사회복지 혜택은 줄이는 것이다”라고 노동법 개악을 비판했다.
Doug Ford:
Oct 23, 2018 Ford government freezing $14 minimum wage as part of labour reform rollbacks
Making Ontario Open for Business Act will scrap key Liberal workplace laws
Mike Crawley, Andrea Janus · CBC News · Posted: Oct 23, 2018 8:35 AM ET | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
Jim Wilson, minister of economic development, job creation and trade, unveils the changes to Ontario's labour laws at a news conference Tuesday morning. (CBC)
Premier Doug Ford's government will freeze Ontario's minimum wage at $14 for another two years with a sweeping new bill that scraps many of the labour reforms brought in by the previous Liberal government in favour of a more pro-business agenda.
The omnibus legislation, unveiled Tuesday, is designed to fulfil one of Ford's central campaign promises, to make Ontario "open for business." It will change several provincial laws, notably employment standards.
•Business lobbies Ford to revoke workplace reforms
•Ford takes aim at Liberal Bill 148 labour legislation
The new act will repeal the bulk of the Kathleen Wynne government's Bill 148, labour legislation that gives all Ontario workers a minimum of two paid sick days and forces employers to pay part-time and casual staff at the same rate as full-time workers.
The bill announced Tuesday, called the Making Ontario Open for Business Act, scraps the two paid sick days legislated by the previous government. It also cancels 10 personal emergency leave days and replaces that with up to three days for personal illness, two for bereavement and three for family responsibilities, all unpaid.
The bill also eliminates pay-equity for part-time and casual workers.
Christine, a woman who the CBC News has agreed not to identify to protect her job, works four part-time minimum wage jobs in Richmond Hill, Ont.
"We knew that this was coming, but it still feels like I was kicked in the stomach," she said in an interview on Metro Morning. "How is he for the people if he's not increasing minimum wage?"
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Two people affected by the government's decision to not increase minimum wage to $15 an hour
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'Invest, grow'
Three cabinet ministers announced the changes this morning: Economic Development Minister Jim Wilson, Labour Minister Laurie Scott and Training, Colleges and Universities Minister Merrilee Fullerton.
"We need to create an environment where businesses can grow and create good jobs," Wilson told reporters. "We have a real problem in Ontario with the high cost, delays and lost business associated with burdensome regulations."
Business groups such as the Ontario Chamber of Commerce and the Retail Council of Canada have been urging the Ford government to take away the new sick day and pay equity protections granted to Ontario workers this year.
On Tuesday, Ontario Chamber of Commerce chief executive Rocco Rossi said Bill 148 was a case of "too much, too fast."
In a statement, he said: "The compounding labour reforms and unintended consequences came at too high a cost to Ontario's economy. We are absolutely thrilled that the Government of Ontario is holding strong in its commitment to keep Ontario open for business."
Labour unions, however, were not enthused about the new bill.
'An enemy of workers'
"We've known for a long time that Doug Ford is no friend of workers, and with today's announcement he's proven exactly that," Chris Buckley, president of the Ontario Federation of Labour, said during a news conference at Queen's Park.
"In fact, he's proven he's an enemy of workers."
The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) said the changes to labour laws will adversely affect precarious workers, such as occasional teachers.
"Ontario's economy is not going to grow when 40 per cent of working people do not have disposable income to fuel the economy nor the stability to feed their families," ETFO president Sam Hammond said in a statement.
"We've seen time and time again that 'open for business' really means that corporations and businesses get to operate carte blanche while suppressing wages and benefits needed by workers to survive."
Open for business
During his run for the Progressive Conservative leadership and during the election campaign, Ford frequently promised to put a neon sign at the border with the U.S. declaring Ontario open for business.
The PC government has already indicated it will not proceed with the scheduled increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour on Jan. 1, instead freezing it at $14. Tuesday's announcement included word that the government will freeze the minimum wage until October 2020, with subsequent increases tied to inflation.
Rolling back previous hikes would be "immensely unfair to Ontario workers," said Labour Minister Laurie Scott.
But, she went on, "Ontario workers and businesses deserve a minimum wage determined by economics, not politics."
The bill unveiled Tuesday also repeals changes to the Labour Relations Act that had made it easier for workers in various sectors to join a union.
The bill will also make changes to how skilled trades are governed in the province designed to "address the backlog" in the system, including scrapping the Ontario College of Trades, which governs apprenticeships in Ontario.
The province would replace the college with a new model for the regulation of skilled trades and apprenticeships by early 2019.
About one in five new jobs in Ontario are expected to be trades-related positions, the Ford government said in its eight-page release. But employers are facing barriers to getting the skilled workers they need, the statement went on, so changes are coming to the ratios of journeyperson to apprentice in trades that are subject to ratios, putting it at one-to-one.
Wilson said Tuesday the PC government is working to reverse a "tsunami" of regulations by the previous Liberal government that brought unnecessary costs to businesses and stymied economic growth.
"We must get government out of the way of our job creators," Wilson said.
참고자료:
더그 포드 주정부의 '노동법' 개악안
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Ministry of Labour
Open for Business: Removing Burdens While Protecting Workers
October 23,
2018 11:40 A.M.
Ontario is open for business: the government is acting to bring jobs and
investment back to our province by lightening the burden on business and making
sure that hard work is rewarded.
The proposed Making Ontario Open for Business Act
would remove the worst burdens that prevent Ontario businesses from creating
jobs while expanding opportunities for workers.
The government is proposing to repeal amendments made by the Fair
Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017 (Bill 148) that are causing
employers the most concern and unnecessary burden.
The government undertook a thorough review of Bill 148 with
consideration given to the impacts on Ontario's job creators and the
opportunities for vulnerable workers. As part of this review dozens of
employers and labour unions were consulted, and every clause of Bill 148 was
considered with an eye to its impact on job creation in Ontario.
If the legislation passes, the amendments that would be repealed
include:
Employment Standards Act,
2000 (ESA)
Minimum Wage
Keeping
the minimum wage at $14 on January 1, 2019.
Not
rolling back any previous minimum wage increase.
Establishing
a 33-month pause in minimum wage increases with annual increases to the
minimum wage, tied to inflation, to restart in 2020.
Scheduling
Repealing
the following scheduling provisions that will come into force on January
1, 2019:
Right
to request changes to schedule or work location after an employee has
been employed for at least three months.
Minimum
of three hours' pay for being on-call if the employee is available to
work but is not called in to work, or works less than three hours.
Right
to refuse requests or demands to work or to be on-call on a day that an
employee is not scheduled to work or to be on-call with less than 96
hours' notice.
Three
hours' pay in the event of cancellation of a scheduled shift or an
on-call shift within 48 hours before the shift was to begin.
The
record-keeping requirements that relate to the above-noted scheduling
provisions.
Three Hour Rule
Modifying
and moving the existing three-hour rule to a new section of the ESA. Where
an employee who regularly works more than three hours a day is required to
report to work, but works less than three hours, the employee would be
paid for three hours.
Personal Emergency Leave
Replacing
the previous government's disastrous Personal Emergency Leave reforms with
a straightforward package of annual leave days for every worker.
Enshrining,
for the first time in Ontario's history, the right of every worker to take
up to three days for personal illness, two for bereavement and three for family
responsibilities - in line with what workers receive in Alberta.
Preserving
the right of every worker in Ontario to receive three weeks of paid
vacation after five years.
Protecting
current paid leave provisions for cases of domestic and sexual violence
affecting an employee or an employee's child.
Repealing
the provision that prohibits employers from requiring an employee to
provide a medical note from a qualified health practitioner. Employers
would have the right to require evidence of entitlement to the leave that
is reasonable in the circumstances (e.g., a note from a qualified health
practitioner).
Public Holiday Pay
Repealing
the averaging public holiday pay formula prescribed by Bill 148 and return
to the previous prorating public holiday pay formula.
Misclassification
Repealing
the requirement for the employer to prove that an individual is not an
employee ("reverse onus") where there is a dispute over whether
the individual is an employee.
Equal Pay for Equal Work
Repealing
equal pay for equal work on the basis of employment status (part-time,
casual, and temporary) and assignment employee status (temporary help
agency status).
Maintaining
the requirement for equal pay on the basis of sex.
Sheltered Workshops
Delaying
the January 1, 2019 repeal of the exclusion from the ESA of individuals
who perform work in a simulated job or working environment if the primary
purpose is the individual's rehabilitation. The repeal would instead come
into force on proclamation.
Penalties for Contravention
The
government is returning to the previous administrative penalties for
contraventions of the ESA by decreasing the maximum penalties from
$350/$700/$1500 to $250/$500/$1000, respectively.
Labour Relations Act (LRA)
The government is proposing the following changes to the LRA:
Card-based Certification
Repealing
the rules that forced card-based certification on the workers in home
care, building services, and temporary help agencies. Instead the
government will preserve the right of these workers to vote through a
secret ballot.
Employee Lists
Protecting
Ontarians' privacy and personal information by repealing the rules that
forced an employer to hand over their employees' personal information to a
union, even if only 20% of the workers showed interest in joining a union.
Remedial Certification
Reinstating
pre-Bill 148 test and preconditions for the OLRB to certify a union as
remedy for employer misconduct.
Requiring
the OLRB to determine whether a vote or new vote would be a sufficient
remedy, or whether the only sufficient remedy would be to certify the
union.
Successor Rights
Repealing
the regulation-making authority to expand successor rights to contract
tendering for publicly-funded services such as homecare.
Structure of Bargaining
Units
Repealing
the power of the OLRB to review and consolidate newly certified bargaining
units with existing bargaining units.
Empowering
the OLRB to review the structure of bargaining units where the existing
bargaining units are no longer appropriate for collective bargaining.
Return-to-work Rights
Returning
to the six month limitation on an employee's right to reinstatement
following the start of a strike or lock-out.
First Collective Agreement
Mediation and Mediation-Arbitration
Repealing
the Bill 148 first collective agreement mediation and
mediation-arbitration provisions and provisions for educational support.
Reinstating
pre-Bill 148 conditions for access to first agreement arbitration (where
it appears to the OLRB that collective bargaining has been unsuccessful
for specified reasons).
Fines
Returning
to the previous maximum fines for offences under the LRA by decreasing the
fines from $5,000 to $2,000 for individuals and from $100,000 to $25,000
for organizations.
Streamlining and Improving
Processes
Expanding
and recognizing alternative means of communications under the Act (e.g.,
facsimile, e-mail) for various types of documents, and deeming the time of
the release or receipt of the document.
Allowing
the OLRB to make rules to expedite certain proceedings without the
requirement of an order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council to establish
a coming-into-force date for the rule.
Facilitating
and requiring the publication of documents (collective agreements and
arbitration awards) filed with the Minister, including publication on
Government website.
Simon Jefferies Premier’s Office
Simon.Jefferies@ontario.ca
