Thank you, Chair, and thank you to the witnesses.
I missed the first half-hour of the meeting so I missed your presentations, and I apologize for that. I hope I won't go through ground that's been covered.
Like the other Liberals here, we are new to this committee. We have had to know something about this issue in order to vote on it in the House, to get it to this stage, but we're getting caught up to date on this issue and learning very quickly.
I think it was perhaps the presentation by the Telecommunications Workers Union that referred to the Telus strike. I think I'm the only member of the committee from Atlantic Canada and I'm wondering if anybody is equipped to comment on the strike that happened in Atlantic Canada about two-and-a-half years ago, the Aliant strike.
Mr. Shniad or Mr. Massy, I realize you're in B.C., but I wonder if you have any comment on how this legislation would have played out if it had been in place when the Aliant strike was on in Atlantic Canada.
And if Mr. Barnes or anybody else feels they have any expertise, or an opinion even, I'd be interested in that view as well.