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Opposition Leader Roger
Grimes said today that Premier Williams has now stated he needs to legislate
a contract because there is no contract in place. In the House of Assembly
on Wednesday afternoon, April 28th, both the Minister of Finance
and the Minister of Labour confirmed after questions that collective
agreements are currently in place for all workers and continue in place
until a new one replaces it. "The Premier has
misled the people of the province again by saying he has no choice but to
legislate because there is no contract in place," said the Opposition
Leader. "Meantime, both Ministers stood in the legislature and emphatically
stated that the current agreements stay in effect indefinitely and forever
unless they are renewed or renegotiated."
Despite this, the Premier is creating a myth in an
attempt to justify his plans to create a new agreement through the
Legislature instead of through negotiations or binding arbitration.
"When will this Premier stop playing fast and loose
with the truth, stop making excuses and let the current contract continue on
if he can’t negotiate a new one or won’t have a new one decided by
arbitration," Mr. Grimes asked. "When will the lies stop?" |