Subsection 94(2.4) is chiefly meant to preserve jobs, and not to ensure the production of goods and services. It is important to understand that these negotiations must be carried out. We must not wait for labour disputes to arise. When we start negotiating an agreement, when we know that the next collective agreement is expiring, if there is effective anti-scab legislation, then, first of all, the partners must sit down and define the essential needs of the company sector by sector, because we could not have the same list for every sector.
In some cases, this will be more specific and in other cases it will be more general. In the case of disaster or security problems, if we have to call in the armed forces, as was the case during the ice storm in Quebec, then the issue is not the same.
Subsection 94(2.4) offers the possibility of ensuring that citizens are secure in their daily lives. Depending on the sector in which you work, you will be affected if negotiations or labour disputes are going on. This list will have to be drawn up before adopting the bill or with the bill in mind.