Thank you.
I can say this: there is not necessarily the same viewpoint of where the balance is between union and management representatives.
Having said that, the balance is met in the following context: historically, workers chose to come together to negotiate their working conditions with their employers collectively, in order to establish a more balanced power relationship. Alone, I do not have the same power as if we are together. Our labour relations regime is based on the same premise.
In this labour relations regime, there are two types of conflict resolution: resolution that is legal in nature and resolution that is economic in nature. For example, union recognition is legal in nature. Interpretation, application of collective agreements will be referred to quasi-legal tribunals. However, when the time comes to negotiate collective agreements, the means of confrontation is economic in nature.
So we must ensure that there is a true balance. For us, this balance means preventing recourse to replacement workers, given everything that we have been through in Quebec since 1977.