General Purpose and Definition of Parties

The purpose of this Agreement is to provide an orderly employment relationship between Ontario teaching hospitals as represented by the Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario, hereinafter CAHO, and the residents in these teaching hospitals represented by the Professional Association of Internes and Residents of Ontario, hereinafter PAIRO, in order to facilitate the relationship between residents and hospitals so that housestaff will be reasonably compensated for the duties which they perform as hospital employees, and at the same time be able to take advantage of the training program which each individual housestaff enjoys.