The Prime Minister is saying that the government will be more hands off than the Conservatives were in 2011 in dealing with a postal lockout. That was the last time there was a stoppage of mail and the Harper regime enacted legislation to send CUPW back to work. This time the Liberal government says there are no plans to send the union members back because he respects labour. “We do not feel, unlike previous governments, that it is the immediate responsibility to be heavy-handed,” he told reporters at a press conference in Quebec City. “We respect labour. We respect the need to come to terms at the bargaining table and that is what we are going to continue to work on.” It was a nice little lecture however sooner or later the government will have to sing a different tune if there is a cessation of delivery.