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Queen’s Park Report Noel Duignan MPP Halton North By now I’m sure you've seen the various. ads or flyers attacking the labor law reforms contained in Bill Over the last few weeks two sep- arate advertising campaigns have been launched. The Canadian Daily Newspaper Association and the Ontario Community Newspaper Association developed a series of six print ads that attack various aspects of the Bill. The second campaign was launched by the Coalition to Keep Ontario Working - merely a new name for a smaller version of the former All-Business “Coalition - and made up of 19 orga- nizations such as the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and the Retail Council of Canada. The C@alition produced TV, radio, and print ads. The group also dis- tributed flyers to three million Ontario households. Their slogan is “Kill the Bill, before it kills your job.” These are hard-hitting, manipula- tive ads that contain incorrect and misleading information about the effects of labor law reform on jobs and the economy. They also prey on the fears and insecurities that people have about jobs and services in this province. The campaign uses statistics from a 1992 Ernst and Young survey that is not based on Bill 40, but on a discussion paper released by the government last November. The survey was published four months before legis- lation was even introduced in the Legislature and measured employ- ers’ perceptions of the options in the paper. Twenty significant changes were made between the time of the discussion paper and the introduction of Bill 40. And anoth- er 55 new amendments were recently introduced to reflect pre- sentations by business, labor, and community groups during five weeks of hearin; the flyers in the campaign con- tain a number of myths. One is that Bill 40 forces workers to join Halton,Hills This Week, Saturday, October-31,, 1992 — Page 7 United Way winner to quickly respond to such con- cerns. The flyers also tell you that Bill 40 prevents the family of any small business owner from helping out if there’s a strike. Let me sort out fact from fiction. The impact of Bill 40 will be minimal because most small businesses are unorga- nized. Under the replacement pro- visions, no new employees will be allowed to work after the notice to bargain has been given. However, if family members are already employed in the enterprise, the replacement provisions will have no impact. These doom and gloom flyers and ads only scare away potential businesses. Ontario is an attractive place in which to invest. It has a highly skilled and flexible work- force. It has access to markets and natural resources. Labor law reform will not change any of this. And government initiatives such as jobs Ontario, the Ontario Training and Investment Fund, and nearly a billion dollars a year in training expenditures will help foster recov- ry and keep Ontario working. United vwau = Pineview Public School raised over $100 for the United Way this month by raffling tickets for a print and having a student penny drive. Above, artist and special education resoui sented her donated painting to winner Lori Patten last Monday. ice teacher Rosemary Simpson pre- Photo by Wendy Long WE CAN MATCH THE BIG GUYS' PRICES . CAN THEY MATCH OUR SERVICE? NO CHANCE!! (IT'S NOT WORTH THE DRIVE TO BRAMPTON!) Panasonic SUPERFLAT. SUPER BRIGHT. SUPER SOUND. SUPER TV! 29" Diagonal SENTRY 2 Remote Control Color TV sins ero wi wth x Noise Unified TVVCR Remote cara ot S03885 . ie. provisions of Bill 40 are no differ- ent from the way the Labor Relations Act has operated for 40 years. Unions have been permitted to be certified under the card sys- tem since 1950. 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