Patty Hajdu: “You’re trying to balance, obviously, all of the rights that people have to strike with the short- and long-term economic…”

What I hear more from Ontario parents, to be frank, is the need for additional spots and the need for the growth of the system overall.

These changes mean that, as many people have called for, the labour minister must meet a higher bar before intervention is possible with this tool.

This clarity means that the minister will have to show his or her work clearly, outlining why the need for arbitration or other dispute mechanisms is necessary," she said.

It's meant to provide, first of all, another tool to parties to understand what the dynamics are and why they're struggling to get to that deal,