The decision to take them to the labour board didn’t make too much sense to begin with tbh.

Issue to me is not whether it not they made a reasonable decision.

The issue was whether or not the steps taken to making the decision to reopen schools [and how] was reasonable. https://twitter.com/krushowy/status/1311763565448253442

Brings me back to the law on consultations and how we need more defined parameters on meaningful involvement from stakeholders. https://twitter.com/alexbattick/status/1291514987689709569

I dug deep into the rabbit hole to learn more about our governments duty to consult with the general public, and was pleasantly surprised to find a fantastic article by @mary1liston that so eloquently discussed the issue. https://lawjournal.mcgill.ca/article/expanding-the-parameters-of-participatory-public-law-a-democratic-right-to-public-participation-and-the-states-duty-of-public-consultation/

She makes an excellent point about a general duty of public consultation being an essential legal requirement in modern rights-respecting democracies that aspire to be deliberative, fair, and participatory.

Our laws as they stand are unsophisticated.

I think a stronger argument by the unions would’ve been one that challenged the consultation process leading up to the decisions made to open schools and how.

@ETFOPeel @OSSTFD19 feel free to tap me in whenever.