Acknowledgments

• Author: Timothy Hadwen - David Strang - Leonard Marvy - Don Eady
• Profession: Director, Legal Services Branch, Ontario Ministry of Labour - Associate Director, Management Board Secretariat - Solicitor, Ontario Labour Relations Board - Partner, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP
• Pages: 29-30

Acknowledgments

ere is a community of people concerned w ith the employment and labour law

governing Ontario’s public service and desig nated Crown agencies, and it is our

hope that this book w ill be useful to t hem. Quite a number of the members of this

community have contributed in one way or another to th is book, and the authors

are very gratefu l to them.

Several people were prepared to invest some of their considerable expertise

in much appreciated written contribut ions on particular topics: Craig Flood (oc-

cupational healt h and safety); Murray Gold (OPS pensions); Felix Lau (PSPP);

Gavin Leeb (“reasonable eort s” and interim relief at the GSB); Victoria Reaume

(pay equity); and Cameron Walker (job securit y under the OPSEU/MBS collec-

tive agreement). A number of people provided constructive comments on all or

part of the manuscr ipt: Richard Blair, Ron Davis, Jim Gi lbert, Robin Gordon,

John Hadwen, Gavin Leeb, Lisa McCa skell, Stephen Patterson, Ian Roland, Dean

Samaras, Ba rry Sca nlon, Paul Schabas, Ka ren Schucher, Susan Stewart, Ken

Swan, Janet Wright, and others. e project wa s supported by Susan Stewar t,

Chair of the GSB; Bil l Kaplan; and Owen Shime. e law rms of Kosk ie Minsky,

Paliare Roland , and Ryder Wright have provided funding and/or person power

whenever requested, and we than k them for being generous benefactors.

Painstak ing research, se ction dra ing, and cite-check ing assista nce was

provided by Je Conway, Chris Essert, Emi ly Lawrence, Ariel Liebowitz, Sidney

Peters, Sheila Riddell, Joel Schwart z, Lisa Stam, Maryth Yachnin, and especi ally

Ken Hurlbut. anks al so to Caroline Goodw in, Registr ar, and the sta at the

GSB for retrieving mater ial from their records . Particu lar mention should be

made of Alison Colvin, for g uiding the legi slative history; A nnie Keung, OP-

SEU’s libraria n, for her many form s of help; and the late George R ichards, for

sharing his own book materi al. Administrative assista nce was provided by Cora

Calix terio and Lorraine Dougla s. Lori Dileo put the whole manuscr ipt together,

a complicated and lengthy ta sk, and we thank her for her thoughtfu l and tireless

work. We also wish to than k Je Miller and the team at Ir win Law, and our editor

Janet MacMilla n, for their patience and their care while worki ng to deadline.

e authors engaged in a good deal of hea lthy debate about some of the con-

tent of this book, but the result is a joint eor t to accurately state the Ontario law

as of June . Tim Hadwen was the origin ator and project manager. He also had

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