After several weeks of relatively dull legislative activity following the September 1 Budget Update, the government made a substantive move in the Legislature on Monday, November 2, introducing Bill 21 – the Ambulance Services Collective Agreement Act.
While the BC Liberals have introduced other regressive labour legislation before, Bill 21 marks yet another shameful precedent – this is the first time in Canada, a government has imposed a collective agreement while a union is in the middle of voting on an offer from that same government.