grid. That increase is funded by all teachers taking three unpaid days off in the second year of the contract.

As of Sept. 1, old contracts that haven’t been renegotiated simply roll over, giving teachers pay raises the Liberals say they cannot afford as the government battles a $15 billion deficit.

As some unions have walked away from contract talks, the government has ordered the school boards to start negotiating with unions – a task they say is generally impossible.

As a result, the government is looking at returning the House early and passing legislation to make sure all teachers are in the classroom and the school year is not disrupted after Labour Day.

The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario spent only one hour at the negotiation table, Broten noted. Later ona catch to this seemingly perfect getaway destination. To quote the excellent answer by @jpatokal on Travel.SE:

Located at 78°N, Svalbard's main town Longyearbyen (pop. 2600) is by far the world's most northernmost civilian settlement,
  and rather resembles Mordor after it has frozen over: lots of black
  rock, virtually no plants larger than lichen.  This means an average
  February day is −21°C, a balmy summer day in August is 3°C,
  and oh, there's no sunlight whatsoever during the polar night between
  late October and mid-February.  Also, you need to carry a rifle if
  traveling anywhere outside the town due to the large and hungry polar
  bear population.
The only practical way to get to Svalbard is Norway, which can and does