Mr. Chairman, very briefly I have two points.
First of all, I am having a little trouble understanding why in changing the dates of implementation they are going back to several months before the contract expired. That one frankly confuses me a little. It is irrelevant in my point of view because we are fundamentally opposed to legislating a settlement when there is an arbitrator placed in there.
The arbitrator is being told let these people negotiate, let them settle if they possible can. If they cannot then the arbitrator is empowered to make those settlements. If the government does not trust its arbitrator, it had better make a different choice.
First, if there is an arbitrator, this does not allow them to continue negotiations on the very important question of wages. Second, if they cannot reach a decision, it should not be the government making an arbitrary decision on a corporation it owns any more than the union should be able to arbitrarily decide how much of a raise it will get and the company not have any response. If it cannot be done by negotiation, it should be done by some form of arbitration. That is the reason we are opposed to this motion.