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TORONTO — Ontario public high school students could soon get their extracurricular activities back after the union representing their teachers voted to “suspend their political action.”

Ken Coran, president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF), said in a statement that a provincial council comprised of more than 150 local union leaders from across Ontario came to the decision Friday that teacher voluntary activities could return to the schools.

“We expect that this sign of good will from our members will prompt the government to have genuine discussions that can lead to a fair resolution to this current impasse,” Coran said in a statement. “We still maintain that voluntary activities are just that: voluntary.