No, it doesn't at all, and I have some experience with negotiations regarding maintenance-of-activities agreements.
I believe a witness last week from the TWU tabled a maintenance of activities agreement signed between that union and Telus. It's an interesting case. That agreement was signed two years after they started negotiating.
The union refused to meet with the employer to talk about the maintenance of activities requirement. The employer was eventually required to make application to the Canada board, which issued a decision ordering the union to engage in the discussions with the employer to reach a maintenance of activities agreement.
They did so, extremely reluctantly, and if you look at it—they submitted it to the TWU, and it was attached to the TWU submission—even in that letter of agreement, in paragraph 9, it says that the agreement is made without prejudice; that the TWU takes the position that a maintenance of activities agreement is not required in the telecommunications sector.
This is all around that issue. Section 87.4 talks very specifically about health and safety, whereas we would very strongly argue that in the federal sector, from an essential services perspective it's much broader than simply health and safety. It's provision of telecommunications to average householders; the entire banking industry depends heavily on telecommunications, as do many others. It would be a stretch to say there's a direct link between health and safety, but it may be, of course, the economic lifeblood of Canada.