Thank you for your question, Ms. Chabot.
It can be an obstacle, yes. I believe there's always an opportunity for an airport authority to flip a contract and have it go to a non-union employer. At the end of the day, the rights that those unionized members had under the collective agreement would no longer be there, which would mean that the new employer would be able to change the terms and conditions of employment following the contract flip. Previously, before the equal remuneration rates came into effect, it was considered a race to the bottom. Where employees may have made gains over five to 10 years, once the contract was flipped, they had to start all over again.
Thankfully, we've come a long way, but there is still more work to do. Again, I believe that maintaining the collective agreement and the rights of the union would successfully protect members who are subject to contract flipping.