I'd like to go back to 2013.
It's like the story of the boy who cried wolf. He cried wolf too often, and at a certain point, no one believed him anymore. The wake-up call finally came at five to midnight, and people were told that there was a small problem with the pension plan. During discussions I had with the employer, I said this: “How is it that none of you came to knock on our door—we had four bargaining units—in order to tell us that we needed to talk and that we had a common problem?” This does not only involve the unions. It also affects management, executives and directors. It also affects all Canada Post employees.
I don't know why that didn't happen, and it is deplorable, but I can tell you that in the history of Canada Post, this is the first time that the four bargaining units are forming a common front to reach an objective. That has never been seen in the history of Canada Post. They are going to form a common front to achieve the same objective, which is to save our pension fund. We have reached this pass, because a financial problem was not raised when it should have been. It should have been raised at the time and now people are reacting, at five minutes to midnight, and radical measures have been imposed.
I don't know if I have answered your question, but the fact that the four bargaining units are forming a common front for the first time in the history of Canada Post says a lot about the situation.