For anyone who thinks government is a neutral entity...

You're wrong. Once again a government comes down on the side of capital instead of on the side of labour.

"This bill appears to be intended to pave the way for CN Rail to attack our rights," UTU vice-president John Armstrong said in a statement released after the vote. "They want to break up our bargaining unit in order to weaken the workers' ability to stop management from pushing older workers out of the way and manipulating work rules and schedules at workers' expense."

The outlook of the above quote, however, is correct.