Politicians debate teachers' bill in overnight session at legislature
MLAs are at Province House tonight where debate will begin on a government bill that will impose a new contract on 9,300 public school teachers.
After 2 a.m., any MLA who wants to speak on bill can talk for an hour
MLAs gathered at Nova Scotia's Province House Tuesday evening to begin debating government legislation that will impose a contract on 9,300 public school teachers.
The bill was introduced at 8 p.m. for first reading.
Official debate on the bill begins after midnight, when the governing Liberals can call second reading of the legislation.
After the daily routine of members' statements and question period, there will be several hours of debate on opposition bills. Debate on Bill 75 will begin around 4 a.m., at which point any MLA who wants to can speak about the legislation for up to an hour.
The CBC's Michael Gorman was at Province House and live blogged the proceedings.
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