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Finance and Economic Development Committee
September 3, 2013
What was decided (2 motions)
1 carried, 1 recorded otherwise. Every motion below is printed as the minutes print it.
That the Finance and Economic Development Committee REFER the report back to the City Manager.
Moved by Mayor J. Watson
Carried
WHEREAS the province has announced an intention to introduce legislation to bring attention to the fact Ontario construction workers and contractors are receiving unfair treatment from the province of Quebec; AND WHEREAS the proposed legislation, entitled “Fairness is a Two-Way Street Act (Construction Labour Mobility) 2013” cannot be introduced and enacted until the legislature reconvenes, which is currently scheduled for September 9, 2013; AND WHEREAS the issue of construction mobility is particularly acute in the Ottawa area; AND WHEREAS the City of Ottawa should take a leadership role in protecting the interest of construction workers and contractors who have suffered from unfair treatment in the province of Quebec; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Ottawa supports the intention and urges the passage of Bill 80: Fairness is a Two-Way Street, which will be