It's status quo, I don't see anything that changes. It's shocking that, after six weeks, you would be happy with just letting it go for as long as it takes to get a deal.
They don't want to put stuff on the air that's sub-par. They don't know what hurdles they need to overcome to get a National on the air until they get in . . . and find out.
There is a need to get back to work, so we're trying to find a happy balance between letting people absorb the deal and ask all their questions about the deal and then voting on it.
You do feel like a child and the grown-ups won't let you in. There is not a tradition of the union sharing information at board meetings.
It has been the experience at the CBC for deals to be concluded in Ottawa with both the federal mediators there, but also key members of the CBC management team who for the most part have not been present at the bargaining at all.
There's a sense of urgency to it, and that's good. I believe that's the result of Liberal caucus pressure that's been building.
It's unusually complicated and it's all about the hockey.
