Thank you.
I have one minute. You can see the dilemma I have in trying to review this legislation in one minute.
Mr. Steven Barrett, who is going to appear before us, I believe is counsel to the CLC, and is certainly one of Canada's most famous labour lawyers. In his presentation, in writing, he says this about essential services, and again I'd invite your comments:
Bill C-4 revises the treatment of “essential services”. Most importantly, it gives the Government the exclusive right to determine whether “any service, facility or activity of the Government of Canada is essential because it is or will be necessary for the safety or security of the public or a segment of the public”....
And he says that it eliminates “any recourse for unions to the PSLRB in the event of a dispute”.