Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to go back to something that the Minister just said around contacting the union back in the fall.
It's my understanding that the union responded with several questions as well, and there was a very -- a large lack of engagement during the fall time and then into the new year at which point the union was presented with a take it or leave it.
Is it not -- maybe the Minister could speak to the fact that isn't it under the collective agreement that the government has a responsibility to negotiate with the union and not present take it or leave it scenarios? Can the Minister speak to what happened to the breakdown of negotiations. Thank you.