Ontario's Liberal government wants school boards to use the province's deal with the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association as a basis to reach local contracts by the end of the August.Education Minister Laurel Broten says boards will have to do what her government could not do and convince the teachers' unions to accept a pay freeze or she'll introduce legislation.
The Elementary Teachers' Federation says Broten is being unrealistic in expecting school boards to reach deals in 30 days that the province couldn't reach in six months.
