Patty Hajdu: “In terms of workers’ rights, we’re actually strengthening their rights.”

In the past, if an employer was refusing to bargain or was removing things from previous offers or acting in a way that was not bargaining in good faith, the union members could talk about it, but they couldn't necessarily prove it,

Obviously this has been a challenging piece of work, but it’s been an amazing piece of work.

And that mediator's report — should it become public — is not going to be pleasant for a company's shareholders [or] their reputation in Canada and worldwide. Nobody wants to know that their shipper had a deal at the table and didn't pick…

“Ultimately, the government does not want to resolve the dispute for parties,” Hajdu said.