UCP limits debate on Bill 9

EDMONTON- The Kenney government is limiting debate on contentious legislation that would strip away some bargaining rights from 180,000 public sector workers.

Government House Leader Jason Nixon says there will be no more than nine hours of debate allowed for the last three stages of debate on Bill 9 in the legislature.

The bill would take away the right for workers to have wage talks and binding arbitration completed between now and the fall.

Union leaders and the Opposition NDP call the bill a gross violation of the rule of law.