Bill Kelly Show

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Support staff in Ontario schools have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a strike should negotiations with the province and boards falter. Of the 45,433 support staff who voted, 43,821 said they were in favour of job action — a 96.5 per cent approval rate. No job action is planned at this point, and talks between the two sides continue this Thursday and Friday. GUEST: Laura Walton, President of Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU-CSCSO) and Educational Assistant - Questions about how prepared the region and the rest of the country actually are to cope with what is already an onslaught of natural disasters poised to worsen as the seas warm up further and the ice cap melts. The federal government is leading national discussions on climate adaptation, emergency response, the adequacy of insurance and proper infrastructure, and it hopes to release a strategy by the end of the year. Meanwhile, it’s busy adding in some short-term commitments. Sluggish progress on confronting cl