The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service provides an essential service. It is the only group in Canada that helps federal employers negotiate collective agreements. Every year, more than 325 collective agreements expire. At this time there are 19 mediators in the 6 regional offices. So they provide all of the service.
Another thing the service does and would like to do more of is work that is upstream from the negotiations. In other words, it wants to work with employers and unions to develop dispute settlement skills, before the actual negotiations begin. We see that that is fruitful and fosters better labour relations. Those resources will also help us to do that.