Labour dispute between Ontario PC government and teachers may feel familiar, but it’s not 1997

For many Ontario parents, a protracted, nasty dispute between a Progressive Conservative government and unionized educational workers might feel familiar because they've lived through one of those before. As students. But the issues are different today.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, and former Ontario premier Mike Harris. The 1997 disruption was the culmination of a bitter labour dispute between then-PC premier Harris and the province's teachers' unions.

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