Many local schools are closed today, as Ontario's Catholic and French school teachers are walking off the job for the day.
Both the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association and the Association of Franco-Ontarian Teachers are holding province-wide one-day walkouts, prompting the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board, Conseil scolaire catholique Nouvelon, and the Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l'Ontario to cancel classes for the day.
The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation is also holding a targeted strike today, though not locally - exploratory talks between the OSSTF and the government broke down Tuesday night, with no more scheduled at this time.
Those talks broke down after Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced the government was backing down on some demands - like increasing class sizes and mandatory e-learning - though the four teachers' unions say that hasn't been reflected at the bargaining table, adding Lecce has repeatedly made public announcements about the government's stances that differ from the stances of government negotiators, with the AEFO even saying Lecce's claims "came dangerously close to constituting lies, half-truths, and bargaining in bad faith".