Are Ontario's laws discriminatory towards young people?

Across Canada the executive and legislative branches of government have done a poor job in updating employment and labour laws to respond to changing economic conditions. In Ontario the net effect of the operation of the Employment Standards Act, the Labour Relations Act, and the Human Rights Code serves to disenfranchise a sizable portion of the population from the protections of the statutory and common law regimes governing workplaces. Evidence of this can be found through the inability of the Ministry of Labour to enforce existing laws and collect outstanding wages owed to employees, the rise of precarious employment situations such as internships, or the two-tiered system of labour relations that privileges the male dominated construction industry over the rapidly expanding service sector through a less onerous union certification process.

Over the coming weeks I'm going to highlight a few of the areas that need examination and suggest various  legislative and public policy reforms that could be enacted to address the current situation of widespread disenfranchisement of young people from seeking redress under the law. If you have any ideas for me, please drop me an email or leave a comment.