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The Supreme Court of Canada will hear the Ontario government's appeal of a lower court decision that shot down the provincial law blocking farm workers from collective bargaining. Canada's top court announced Thursday it will hear the province's appeal of a Nov. 17 decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal that overturned the province's Agricultural[...]

The Ontario government will seek leave to appeal a provincial court's overruling of a law that blocks farm workers from collective bargaining. A spokesperson for Agriculture Minister Leona Dombrowsky confirmed Wednesday that the province will ask the Supreme Court of Canada to hear its appeal of a Nov. 17 decision by the Ontario Court of[...]

A provincial appeal court has overruled an Ontario law excluding farm workers from collective bargaining. The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union, which challenged the five-year-old Agricultural Employees Protection Act last May at the Ontario Court of Appeal, on Monday hailed the court's ruling that the Act violates workers' constitutional Charter rights to freedom[...]

St. John's-area MHA Kathy Dunderdale was re-appointed Tuesday as Newfoundland and Labrador's minister responsible for the Forestry and Agrifoods Agency and natural resources after the Oct. 9 provincial election. Premier Danny Williams on Tuesday also appointed a new parliamentary secretary to Dunderdale for the forestry and agrifoods file. Harry Harding, the member of the House[...]