“I have deep faith in collective bargaining as a process,” Trudeau said. The government could end the strike with back-to-work legislation, but Liberal ministers have refused to even entertain a question about using such a tool. He said he is confident the strike can be concluded with a negotiated deal. “I have been directly and intimately involved in the negotiations, in hearing about what discussions are going on,” he said, responding to a question from a reporter at a news conference. Trudeau, who was in New York City this week for a trade trip, said he is involved. Earlier this week, PSAC national president Chris Aylward said he wanted Trudeau to get directly involved in the negotiations, which he said have hit an impasse because the government hadn’t budged from its latest wage increase offer of nine per cent over three years.
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