5. The regional director shall prepare a schedule of wage rates that are established pursuant to section 4 for each district under that director’s authority, which shall be made available to the public.

• 6. (1) Every contracting authority shall, before inviting tenders or entering into a contract, notify the regional director in writing of the nature of the proposed contract and the classification of employment or work that is to be required in its execution.

• (2) The regional director shall, on receipt of a notice described in subsection (1), send to the contracting authority a schedule of wage rates described in section 5, appropriate for the district in which the work is to be done.

• (3) The regional director shall inform the contracting authority of any change in the schedule of wage rates referred to in section 5 and the contracting authority shall notify, in writing, each contractor affected by the change in the schedule of wages rates, as soon as practicable.

6.1 The hours of work in a day and in a week, including the hours of work in excess of which a person shall be paid for at an overtime rate at least equal to one and one half times the fair wage, shall be the hours of work for the province in which the work is being performed as set out, from time to time, in an Act of that province.

• 7. (1) There shall be included in every contract a provision that all persons employed by the contractor or subcontractor or other person doing or contracting to do the whole or any part of the work of the contract shall be paid fair wages.

• (2) Where the contract contains a schedule of wage rates, there shall be included in the contract a provision that, where the contractor receives notice from the contracting authority of any change in wage rates, the contractor will pay not less than the changed wage rate beginning on the first day after receipt of the notice of the change in wage rates.

8. There shall be included in every contract a provision that, where there is no wage rate for a particular character or class of work, the contractor will pay wages for that character or class of work at a wage rate not less than the rate established under section 4 for an equivalent character or class of work.

9. There shall be included in every contract a provision that in the hiring and employment of workers to perform any work under the contract, the contractor will not refuse to employ and will not discriminate in any manner against any person because

• (a) of that person’s race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, conviction for which a pardon has been granted, or family status;

• (b) of the race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, conviction for which a pardon has been granted, or family status of any person having a relationship or association with that person; or

• (c) a complaint has been made or information has been given in respect of that person relating to an alleged failure by the contractor to comply with paragraph (a) or (b).