I think the word “essential” is always a tricky one as there's a legal meaning to it, especially when we're talking about an essential federal service. I would say, as a trading nation that relies on the movement of goods to and from Canada, yes, our ports are critical to being able to grow our economy.
When we're talking about essential federal services, I think it's a little bit of a trickier conversation that we need to have. I think what we really need to do, again, is make sure that the Minister of Labour has the tools that he needs to be able to solve these things, before a strike or a lockout.