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the market for public construction bids, (2) legislate that all public entities and The good news is that the government Crown corporations in the province are already has the tools in its toolbox to make similarly non-construction employers, Ontario one of the most competitive and and (3) initiate a review of all of its productive construction environments on construction procurement practices as. [...] During the course of his reform work are placed under a monopoly that efforts, he managed to hear the concerns of is imposed not for procurement best- the entire industry – labour and employers practices, but because of an unrelated – and crafted a solution which garnered piece of labour law intended to achieve praise of former critics, and the coalition of a separate and unrelated end. [...] of competition in public procurement, reduction of red-tape, and significant One of the concerns raised about Bill 66 relationship building, and investments in by its opponents was that it violated the the future of workers who are desperately fundamental freedom of association and needed to accomplish the ambitious was therefore unconstitutional. [...] Likewise, the immediately move public procurement in TDSB, which is one of the largest K-12 Toronto from being the most restrictive in educational purchaser of construction Ontario to being among its peers in terms services in Ontario, remains the only of access to the full competitive market of school board to restrict bidding. [...] A better way for Ontario, particularly as it seeks to do major projects like the Article 11 Pickering Nuclear Plant, or the Ring In December of each year while of Fire, would be for Ontario to mimic this Project Agreement remains in the successful model Project Labour force, each Bargaining Agent that is Agreement used in the development of the a member of the Eastern Ontario oil sands in the Wood.