Fundamentally, with the application from the MPAO side it was a lack of independence for management that was probably the key component. It's very difficult to utilize the system for resolution for workplace conflict, difficulty, harassment, safety concerns, when your program of representation ultimately reports to and is funded and controlled by management. It was that seeking of independence.
Make no mistake: they fought some great fights on behalf of members and they achieved certain things, but the court clearly recognized that because of the totalitarian nature of a paramilitary structure, in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, there was a glass ceiling. This was to remove that glass ceiling.
That would be the most inherent difficulty, I suspect, and it forced a lot of creative manoeuvring to try to get around it.
This just opens the door and gives the same fair ability to deal directly with management from an independent, protected position that other police services enjoy through their associations.