Time ran out on talks with city firefighters almost before they began

The city and the union representing Montreal firefighters only started collective bargaining in mid-March, but they’ve technically already blown the negotiating deadline imposed on them by a new Quebec law.
Law 24 was passed by the National Assembly in November 2016 to govern the process of negotiating collective agreements in the municipal sector.
The legislation got the support of a number of mayors, such as then-Montreal mayor Denis Coderre, but was panned by the unions, which called it