Mr. Speaker, strikes, lockouts, even back to work legislation are traditional instruments of the past and they do not work. None of these are protecting the long term consumer interest and the delivery of the mail.
We are asking the government why it does not use some creative thinking to change the labour dispute settling mechanism, like final offer arbitration. It used that in the dock strike in 1994. It is in the Transportation Act.
My question is, why will the government not legislate final offer arbitration for Canada post?