1. Navigator Ed
Beaton,
left, and
pilot
Robert
Charles
Pearson, right,
were among the
crew of a bomber
shot down by
Germans in
occupied France
in June1944.
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Ontario’s two-tier bargaining system —
twotimestheheadache?
Just ask frustrated parents, who
thought the threat of strikes was over
once province-wide deals with teacher
unions and CUPE support staff were an-
nounced, only to find out that local job
action is still possible and is indeed hap-
peninginsomeschools.
Unions complain the process is cumber-
some,apparentlycostlyandneedsrework-
ing. Even the government acknowledges
“furtherimprovements”areinorder.
Despite months of tough negotiations
that led to the five deals, “there are still a
numberofcentraltables(deals)yettobe
negotiated” with other support staff and
small unions, said Paul Elliott, president
of the Ontario Secondary School Teach-
ers’Federation.
Critics call
for education
bargaining
makeoverToday’s cumbersome, costly and ‘gruelling’ process
needs a rethink, parents, unions and province agree
Leaking roofs, peeling paint and cock-
roach infestations are only the start of it.
There has been a SWAT team bust of a
grow-op, a pool of blood left in the stair-
case by a fleeing thief, and 28 water cut-
offs in one year, all in this single south
Oshawaapartmentbuilding,tenantssay.
Thentherearethefires.
Inthepastyear,threefireshavebroken
out at 275 Wentworth St. E. Tenants
blame faulty wiring and poor mainte-
nance;theOshawaFireDepartmentsays
atleastonewassetintentionally.
Tenants unite to halt
building’s decline
It was once Oshawa’s ‘mini-palace.’ Today, it’s plagued
by crime and fires, and residents have had enough
“There’s
non-stop crap
in this building,
and we still pay
high rent.”
TERRY GLOVER
RESIDENT OF
275 WENTWORTH
ST. E., OSHAWA
MARCO CHOWN OVED
STAFF REPORTER
MARCO CHOWN OVED/TORONTO STAR
Terry Glover, left, Laura Green and Raymond Fortune have
started one of Oshawa’s first tenants’ rights associations.
TENANTS continued on A8
A former ORNGE airplane and thou-
sands of decommissioned law enforce-
ment vehicles were among the items
sold by Canada’s Crown asset surplus
site over the past year, an analysis of
auctionsalesdatashows.
According to the GCSurplus website,
roughly20,000itemsweresoldbetween
August2014andAugust2015.
The highest-ticket item sold in that
period, a 2010 Pilatus PC-12 aircraft,
wentfor$3.12millioninJuly.Theplane,
which featured a custom medevac inte-
rior,wasoriginallypurchasedalongwith
nine other aircraft in 2008 at a cost of
$4.56million(U.S.)peraircraft.
ThePC-12waspurchasedbyKudlikAvi-
ation,aQuebecCitycompanywhosecor-
porate affiliate, Kudlik Construction, has
numerousbuildingcontractsinNunavut.
Jean Labrecque, director of flight opera-
tions for Kudlik Aviation, says the plane
was first stripped of its medevac interior
toaccommodatemorepassengers.
ORNGE originally paid $400,000 for
the custom medevac configuration,
whichwasincludedinthe$4.56-million
pricetag.
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DAVID WEISZ
TORONTO STAR
Recent surplus asset sales
include ORNGE air ambulance
AUCTION continued on A8
THE HELMET
AND THE WAR MYSTERY
THE HELMET
AND THE WAR MYSTERY
Katie Daubs recounts Frenchman’s quest to identify
a downed Canadian airman —70 years later, A3
KRISTIN RUSHOWY
EDUCATION REPORTER
EDUCATION continued on A8
“We are into
the18th month
now. Something
needs to be
done about
the efficiency
of this.”
PAUL ELLIOTT
PRESIDENT, OSSTF