One other thing I also put to the minister was the change in the language of section 107, which I also find deeply troubling. The old section 107 says, “The Minister, where the Minister deems it expedient, may do such things”. The new section 107 would say, “The Minister may take any measure that, in the Minister’s opinion, is likely to maintain or secure industrial peace”. To me, “may take any measure” is a massive expansion of the minister's powers, as opposed to “where the Minister deems it expedient”.
Have you contemplated that change as well? I think it's a shocking expansion of the minister's discretionary power.