Back-to-work bill? 

How about for MPs?

     The Harper government is threatening to impose back-to-work legislation if Air Canada and its flight attendants don’t cut a deal before a strike disrupts what the government deems an essential service.  But the legislation won’t come before next week when MPs return to Ottawa after their Thanksgiving break.

     It would seem MPs aren’t an essential service.

     If an Air Canada shutdown or slowdown is an emergency sufficient to justify denying employees the right not to work for unsatisfactory wages and working conditions, why isn’t it an emergency sufficient to justify MPs cutting short their cushy long holiday to deal with it right away?  How many days off did you get for Thanksgiving?