User:Oceanflynn/sandbox/Public Sector Arbitration Deferral Act

Db-self Public Sector Arbitration Deferral Act (Bill 9) is a bill introduced by the Province of Alberta's UCP government under Premier Jason Kenney. According to Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews, Bill 9 would suspend and delay hearings related to wage arbitration for teachers, nurses, "social workers, hospital support staff, prison guards, conservation officers, toxicologists, restaurant inspectors, therapists and sheriffs" and other public sector workers until October 31, 2019 when the provincial government will have studied the August 2019 finance report of the MacKinnon panel. Bill 9 affects 180,000 public service employees in Alberta that represented by unions in 24 collective agreements.

The Alberta government has set a goal of balancing the budget by 2022-2023.