the Tories have introduced two pieces of legislation union activists consider regressive. One allows for replacement workers at schools and hospitals when there's a work stoppage — what Légère called "legalizing scabs."
The other, which riled labour activists even more, was the decision of the Higgs government to force five groups, including school and nursing home workers, into shared-risk pension plans.
"There are only two things written on labour's holy grail. You don't break signed collective agreements and you don't mess with the free collective bargaining process. Higgs's bill breaks both of those things on the holy grail. Well, if you're going to smash labour's holy grail, you will get a reaction of biblical consequence."