Thank you. That's a very clear answer. I appreciate it, and I would encourage you to pass on your answering ability to the minister that we had here prior to this, because he seemed to really struggle with answering simple questions that obviously have answers.
The CBSA border officers voted 96% in favour of a strike. They've been without a contract for two years. They provide really important services, as everyone around the table knows. After the strike vote, the Canadian government said in a statement that a strike was “unnecessary”, but they also said that the government was ready to return to the table, “at any time”.
I guess the question is: Has negotiating resumed, and why did it take a strike vote for the government to offer to return to the table?