"We made significant moves to address all of their issues," said Sonia Del Missier, chair of the colleges' bargaining team, on Monday. The College Employer Council, which represents the province's 24 colleges, said it has asked Ontario's Labour Relations Board to schedule the vote. Academic freedom the main sticking pointThe faculty bargaining team told CBC Toronto academic freedom was the only item left on the table to discuss. "Rather than finish those negotiations, council has dropped a bomb in the process," said JP Hornick, chair of the faculty bargaining team. The colleges' bargaining team, however, maintains it has addressed the issue of academic freedom.

Source: CBC News November 06, 2017 19:31 UTC