Especially if they show such negligence where they are willing to cause such economic disruption to avoid paying workers fairly.

This whole charade where Air Canada is a "private company" definitely needs to come to an end. I totally agree, if it quacks likes a duck, and has a hotline to the government who will premeditatedly act in its favour, or bail out at the first hint of trouble, whelp that's sounding like a government protected company to me too.