Hundreds of thousands of college students are expected to be back in class this week after the provincial government passed back-to-work legislation Sunday to end a five-week strike by Ontario college faculty. The Liberal government first attempted to introduce the six-page page bill Thursday evening after college faculty overwhelmingly rejected the College Employer Council's latest offer by 86 per cent. Ontario college strike ends after 5 weeks2:23NDP leader Andrea Horwath says while she's pleased students will be able to head back to class, she doesn't think this was the best option. Nonetheless, Horwath insists that this legislation won't assist with the underlying issues that led to the strike in the first place. Ontario's striking college faculty voted to reject a contract offer from the College Employer Council on Thursday.

Source: CBC News November 19, 2017 18:45 UTC