Yes. I've done a lot of commenting on the Rand formula, and I actually challenge most people who seem to know the Rand formula. I don't think any of them have actually read it. It's clear in the decision, and it was a decision for one union in one specific case to settle a strike. It was never meant to apply to every union. He actually said in the ruling that if this was applied to other unions, it would actually be detrimental to them because they were not mature enough to handle it. He also said right in the ruling that it's for the law of your employment, your union contract. It isn't to take forced dues from workers to pay for political or social causes. You cannot collective bargain away my political speech. It's just a fundamental principle.
To link it to the issue we're here to talk about today, that very union, PSAC, requires employers, the ones that have the exclusive right to bid on contracts that they let for construction, to actually pay into that fund. In a roundabout way, the federal government is giving tax dollars, which then are transferred into union dues that then go to pay for construction, that get diverted into votes for Gaza.