Bill 5 lets Premier Doug Ford designate any piece of land in Ontario a “special economic zone.” Inside that zone, Ford and his cabinet can override any provincial law.
It could be used as a framework for labor camps where people are paid dirt cheap wages and offered compensation in the form of shitty on site accommodations. They could let a foriegn investor build a factory to their nation’s standards (or no standards at all) and apply loose labor laws to their workers. This is extreme, but somewhat possible under this legislation.
It could be used as a framework for labor camps where people are paid dirt cheap wages and offered compensation in the form of shitty on site accommodations. They could let a foriegn investor build a factory to their nation’s standards (or no standards at all) and apply loose labor laws to their workers. This is extreme, but somewhat possible under this legislation.