I want to take a minute and just speak directly to ETF Oh members in this
province all 83,000 of you teachers occasional teachers designated early
childhood educators our educational support professionals and our
professional support personnel you're amazing you do a fantastic phenomenal
job day in and day out across this province in classrooms and work sites on
behalf of your students and students in this province you need to hold your head
high no matter what you hear from today forward based on everything that's
happening just know that you are the heart and soul of publicly funded
education in this province we have a world-renowned world-class publicly
funded education system in Ontario why because of you each and every one of you
we continue to be focused and we'll do everything we can at the central
bargaining table to get an agreement that's fair and reasonable for students
in this province and you are members if we don't see that fair and reasonable
agreement materialized if we don't see the supports and the investments that we
need that my friends we have to do whatever it takes to ensure that that
happens at that central bargaining table