First, provincially in Quebec, if there's a larger company and they have plants outside Quebec, they can reallocate stuff.
Secondly, under federally regulated businesses--these are businesses like Canada Post that go across the country, and it can be really harmful.
Thirdly, what does the smaller airline do in the middle of the strike? Where does he go to deem his service essential? By the time he figures that out, he's out of business.
I've been involved with labour issues in Geneva, in ILO, and in different places, and I've worked closely with union representatives from across the floor who worked on some stuff. Let me give you an example of what I'm trying to say. Legislation was passed that says employers should give two weeks' notice to employees when they let them go. That's fair. What we were going to introduce was that for a smaller employer, the employee should give two weeks' notice. What I'm trying to say is, we're different from a big business and a big union.