Thank you, Mrs. Vignola.
After reading the bill, particularly that proposed clause, I used the word “recipe” in my presentation, since this subsection would be tantamount to giving an employer who plans to lock out its employees a recipe to avoid being accused of using replacement workers as defined in the bill. Indeed, an employer who intends to lock out its workers in its contingency plan to force them to accept what they consider unacceptable could decide, based on this clause, to hire one or two subcontractors before sending its notice to bargain. According to the terms of the bill, the employees of that subcontractor would not be considered scabs, even if they performed the tasks assigned to the workers or similar tasks. At least that's our understanding of that clause. Certainly, if an employer applies this provision and uses this trick or recipe, the consequence is that the dispute will last a long time. The employer will be able to prolong the dispute, since there will be people performing the duties of the workers it has locked out.