Mr. Speaker, the President of the Treasury Board acted with extreme arrogance in his dealings with the largest public service union, which represents more than 70 per cent of federal government employees, when he rejected out of hand a counterproposal for downsizing the number of federal employees on a mutually acceptable basis.
How does the President of the Treasury Board justify rejecting union proposals only a few hours after they were received, unless his mind was already made up and he never really intended to co-operate with the union to achieve his downsizing objectives?