Now Ontario doctors want binding arbitration as a precondition to contract talks after Ontario Medical Association members voted against a new physician services agreement this summer. So what, exactly, is interest arbitration? Interest arbitration is like essential services alternative to a strike, except both sides have to accept whatever deal is drafted. The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) has for years campaigned for reforms to interest arbitration. During the 2012 budget bill negotiations, they went so far as to almost bring down the government over sections of its budget bill that didn’t go far enough to reform interest arbitration.

Source: National Post September 16, 2016 01:18 UTC