Laurentian University’s faculty association has launched a Charter challenge against the Ford government, accusing it of interfering with collective bargaining.

The dispute is over a loan agreement the association has with the school that does not permit pension changes. When bargaining talks began earlier this year, “it very quickly appeared that there were barriers from the administration in regards to the full negotiations of pensions,” Fabrice Colin, president of the Laurentian University Faculty Association, said Monday.

“That is why we filed a challenge under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms — the right to a collective bargaining process free from government interference.”

In 2021, Laurentian became the first public post-secondary institution in the country to turn to the court

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