Natilien Joseph at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I'm not going to cut off the witnesses.

I want to go back a bit.

There were labour disputes in 2011 at Air Canada and Canada Post. Everyone around this table remembers that Mr. Harper then passed legislation that forced workers back to work. Unlike the legislation that Mr. Harper passed, invoking section 107 of the Canada Labour Code allows the minister to set up arbitration, so that the union and the workers can find an agreement that is dignified, in compliance with the Canada Labour Code. It's a completely different approach from what we saw in 2011.

Mr. Secretary of State, can you explain in more detail the difference between the use of section 107 of the Canada Labour Code and Mr. Harper's behaviour in 2011?