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Ontario's proposed Bill 5 allows special economic zones to suspend labour laws. https://cupe.ca/ford-and-bill-5s-special-economic-zones-bring-worst-us-style-labour-practices-our-province-warns

From the article:
"Buried in Schedule 9 of this omnibus bill, now at second reading in the Ontario legislature, is the wide-ranging power to create “special economic zones” anywhere in the province. Within these zones, the provincial government can suspend or override all existing laws and regulations around labour conditions, health and safety, and environmental protections, as well as municipal regulations

"Under Bill 5, the Ford Conservatives could turn entire cities – like Toronto or Windsor or Sudbury – into special economic zones. Any region could be named one in which fundamental labour rights and protections no longer apply, including those around child labour, the right to refuse unsafe work, and even basic meal breaks."

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